Thanks Swamy ji for sharing a beautiful picture of the 112 year-old handsome tree. As Raman ji said, it looks like Ceiba to me too. Please share pictures of whole tree, and close-up of flowers and leaves, if available. In addition to other differences, Bombax will have more than 50 stamens; whereas, Ceiba has fewer stamens (3-15) as seen in this picture. Ref.: FoC<http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=10113> .
Wishing you a very Happy 2013! Regards Vijayasankar Raman National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 9:45 PM, M Swamy <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all in the E- flora group, > At the out set, I acknowledge the numerous New Year greetings from all > our brothers and sisters of the group. I reciprocate the greet and wish > well every one in the group. Let the New Year bring all the dreams and > wishes come true. > Inspired by the members posting the flora picture of the year I venture to > post this picture of *Bombax ceiba* taken during the past year. This > is one of the heritage trees of Mysore city, rather Karnataka state. The > tree was planted by Lord Curzon just outside the fort wall of Mysore > Palace. The areas has now been called the Curzon park where flower shows > are held regularly during Dasara. It is one of the best maintained parks > in the city. Of course there are plenty of parks in the city. I am > providing the link for further reading on the tree and the heritage trees > of Mysore city : > http://www.deccanherald.com/content/229798/heritage-trees-have-history-their.html > . > > Thanks, > Dr. Mahadeswara Swamy > > -- > > > > --
