*Dear Shiva n. kumar could not read this green ... too light and font too small...
although it looks cute, its not readable to some of us... IF ITS WORTH WRITING>>> IT MUST BE ALSO readable please could you resend whatever you wrote appreciate it Thanks usha di* On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 9:19 AM, Shiva.N. Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > *hi * > *The Banayan tree in the Indian Botanic Garden of Calcutta has lost its > main trunk many years ago. they are certainly numerous aerials roots that > have turned into sold roots of their own. the authorities have also > supported with bamboo contraptions and cement blocks. it is now cordoned > off fro visitors to go under the tree...that is below the canopy. It is > believed to be more than 225 years young and much older than the Botanical > garden itself.* > *here is a photo taken in 2008. * > *cheers > * > On 23 April 2012 13:01, raman <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Barh or Banyan, a remarkable tree of India and tropical Africa sends down >> from its branches great numbers of shoots, which take root and become new >> trunks. A single tree thus may spread over a large area and look like a >> small forest. This tree is considered to be sacred in some places in India. >> A specimen in the Calcutta botanical garden is more than 100 years old. It >> has a main trunk 13 feet (4 m) in diameter, 230 trunks as large as oak >> trees, and more than 3,000 smaller ones. The largest banyan tree known is >> on the island of Sri Lanka. It has 350 large trunks and over 3,000 small >> ones. The banyan often grows to a height of over 21 meters and lives >> through many ages. Perhaps the most amazing part of this extraordinary tree >> is its flower. What we think of as the fruit is really a hollow, >> flower-bearing structure called a cyconia. The inside it is lined with >> hundreds of male and female flowers. The males carry pollen and the females >> bear seeds. Various parts of this plant are considered medicinal. The bark >> of this therapeutically valuable tree is attributed with tonic, >> astringent,cooling and diuretic properties in Ayurveda. A postal stamp was >> issued by the Indian Postal Department to commemorate this tree. >> >> Raman >> > > -- Usha di =========== ==========================
