Thanks for Sharing Raman Ji. New for me On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 8:58 AM, raman <[email protected]> wrote:
> Trincomalee Wood is a tree growing up to 18–27 m tall, with a trunk girth > 2–1½ m. The bole, 9–11 m long, is clean and carries a much-branched > deciduous crown. The tree is native to Ceylon, South India, Burma and SE > Asia. Leaves are ovate, deeply heart-shaped at base, often long-pointed, > hairy when young. Leaf blade is 6–25 cm long, carried on a 2–10 cm long > stalk. Buds are spherical. Inflorescence is a congested panicle, at end of > end of branches or in leaf axils. Flowers are tiny, about 8 mm across. > Sepal cup is 4 mm long, irregularly splitting, often 3-lobed. Petals are > usually 4 or 5, narrowly oblong, about 7 mm long, white or pale pink. > Capsule is more noticeable that the flowers, with 3-4 pairs of 2–3 cm long > wings. Seeds have many bristles which fall of early. Trincomalee Wood is a > valued timber tree in some parts of India and Sri Lanka. > > Raman > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
