Nice Catch Surajit Ji. This tree is in Danger in our area due to attack of some kind of Nematodes almost everywhere...
On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 10:43 PM, surajit koley < surajitnotavaila...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sir, > > Attaching images of CHATIM GACH (GACH = tree) that i recorded in 2009. I > don't know why it has been given an English name like the 'Indian Devil > Tree'. > This tree has a connection with the Great Tagore family. Maharshi > Debendranath Tagore (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debendranath_Tagore) > set up an ASHRAM under one of this tree and the place later became the > world famous Visva-Bharati University (for more please see - > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visva-Bharati_University). > > Species : Alstonia scholaris (family : Apocynaceae > Type : plantation > Date : flowering tree: 05-Oct-2009, leaves & fruits : 26-Feb-2009, > 08-Feb-2012 > Place : Kamarkundu Railway Station (Hooghly District), West Bengal > ID help : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alstonia_scholaris > > Regards, > > Surajit Koley > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
