This is *Pachira insignis*. I have seen this in Kolkata Bot.garden. Bombacaceae Rightly thought by you as Ceiba which shares its family. Dr Satish Phadke
On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 7:39 PM, Bimal Sar kar <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear All, > Attaching two images of a road side tree ( probably > planted by forest dept ).First image is of the leaves and a bud.Next image > is of a flower.I saw this tree earlier and thought it to be some species of > Ceiba.When I saw the flowers today ( for the first time ),I thought these > must not be of this tree.The flowers have some resemblance with those of > *Pterospermum > acerifolium.*The > have sweet smell.Some time in 1979 I saw this flower under a tree in the > Botanic Grden at Sibpur( Near Calcutta ). > I don't know the identity of this tree.Please help. > With regards, > Bimal > --
