Dear all: In case this is Pachira aquatica (it looks lot like it) then read on....
And it develops large buttresses , may be not as large as the Kapok tree from the Amazon jungles, but large enough... so about 20 feet must be left around the base and more at the top the canopy gets to be twice at least of the base in width, it prefers to be by a river bank or a lakeside... And Its also sold as the money tree in pots in USA and Japan as a three trunk entwined houseplant, some people make "Bonsai" out of it.. google Money tree and then again for bonsai money tree... you will be amazed what crops up in the images selection button... it made a lot of money for the taiwanese chinese company that popularized the three stem entwined nursery trade of this plant... and the small traders and shops that sold them retail... hence the name money tree... it does not make the end user/home gardner any richer... quite to the contrary... you shell out a pretty penny for it... I think last year Gurcharanji had shown a pic of this during the Malvaceae week ... dont quote me, but I think that's when it happened... Satish Phade has shown some pictures... from the Shibpur Botanical garden during the same week... If you have a lots of ground and airpace, with a water body near by... this is s great tree... to grow to its full glory... but I have seen one with fruits in a southern california doctor's garden, with a water body several blocks away... it had fruits too, one or two only though, the seedpods and the seeds are interesting tooo, nutty to taste.. some british group called it Malabar chest nut... and that name has stuck too... the reason beats me ... dont know why a south american tree be named malabar chest nut? Vijaya do you know? usha di On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 6:54 AM, Vijayasankar <[email protected]>wrote: > It looks like *Pachira aquatica* to me. It is native to America; commonly > planted in gardens. > "...It is an extremely adaptable, fast growing, ornamental, evergreen nut > tree to a height of 7m with a spread of 3m..." > http://www.greenharvest.com.au/Plants/Information/MalabarChestnut.html > > Some links for more details... > http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=250009201 > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachira_aquatica > > http://www.homeandgardenideas.com/gardening/plants/care/how-care-pachira-tree > http://www.crfg.org/pubs/ff/malabar.html > > > Regards > > Vijayasankar Raman > National Center for Natural Products Research > University of Mississippi > > > On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 12:19 AM, Satish Sherikar <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> Dear Vijayasankar, >> >> Thanks for the ID. I saw this in a local nursery in Bangalore. He had >> planted 2 of these few years back in his nursery. I was trying to ID it and >> determine its habit to see if I can plant this in our community. Is this >> "Pseudobombax >> ellipticum" or "Pachira aquatica"? >> >> Any info in the growth habit of this? How tall does it grow, canopy size, >> growing requirements? Is this a native tree? >> >> Thanks >> Satish >> >> >> >> On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 1:18 AM, Vijayasankar <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> It looks like a Pachira species of Malvaceae (previously in >>> Bombacaceae). Where did you find this tree Satish ji? >>> >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> Vijayasankar Raman >>> National Center for Natural Products Research >>> University of Mississippi >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 3:49 AM, Satish <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Please help me id the tree with the attached pictures. The pictures >>>> have some flowers, buds and tree. The bud is pretty long, almost 5 inches. >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> Satish >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> > -- > > > > -- Usha di =========== --
