Thank you for replying Pankaj. "Sorry I did not manage to take the leaves, as a torrential downpour drove us into the immaculately maintained greenhouse." I just found the texture of the tree fascinating.
Sheila. ========================================== On Dec 13, 4:42 am, Dr Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com> wrote: > Oh, I imagine what I should look here to id. > Do you have pics of leaves by any chance? > Pankaj > > On Dec 12, 10:44 pm, "PlantaholicSheila" <luddite1...@talktalk.net> > wrote: > > > > > Help with id please. > > > Pic taken on 31st March 2011. @ 15.07 > > > This very naked tree was in LLoyds Botanic Garden. Gantok. West Bengal. > > > It had no label. > > > I could not tell if the trees bark had been stripped deliberately or not. > > > Underneath was just amazing, it was so beautifully soft. Very tactile. A > > bit like Suede in texture. > > > Sorry I did not manage to take the leaves, as a torrential downpour drove > > us into the immaculately maintained greenhouse. > > > Maybe someone on this forum will visit the Botanic Garden and could ask for > > the name of this tree. Or possibly even know the people how work in the > > herbarium. > > > Many thanks > > > Sheila. > > > Habitat-.... Botanic Garden > > > Plant Habit-.... Tree > > > Other info.... None! Sorry. > > > 005 31-03-2011 15-08-36.JPG > > 418KViewDownload > > > 005 31-03-2011 15-07-08.JPG > > 172KViewDownload- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
