A query from Nitin Kanitkar ji: "... i have downloaded the picture of the Millingtonia fruit as well. That too is frankly puzzling. In some books of Indian origin it is said to be bird pollinated and of Indian origin. At other places, the origin shows as Myanmar alone and that a specific Hawk Moth is the pollinator. If the tree is native, then the comment that the tree rarely fruits in India is entirely misplaced i suppose. Either it has been only transplanted through root suckers and the absence of the Hawk moth in urban areas could be possible explanation for not fruiting ?? " Any assistance in the matter will be highly appreciated. -- With regards, J.M.Garg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 2015 members & 1,39,500 messages on 30/11/12) or Efloraofindia website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of more than 7500 species). Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'.
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