Thanks Viplav ji for sharing these beautiful clicks along with the info. Regards Prashant
On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 5:55 PM, Muthu Karthick <nmk....@gmail.com> wrote: > I have never seen this tree flowering although very common. Thanks for > sharing the flowers. > > > On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 9:59 AM, Mahadeswara <swamy.c...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Thanks Viplav ji for posting the flowers of P.alba. Yes, it is very >> rare. This plant is very very common in Chennai also, rather very >> popular shrub / a small tree. Most commonly used for hedges (live fence) >> alternatively with red Acalypha, which gives a stunning effect to the >> onlookers. I have never seen it in flowering, though I was very keenly >> observing the plant in around Chennai for more than 20 years ! Though I >> knew that it would flower, I was not fortunate enough to see the plant in >> flowering in Chennai. Let me try out now in Mysore city. >> It is called *sule sappu *in Kannada and *lachaikottei* in Tamil. The >> leaves are used for cooking in Chennai. The leaves have medicinal >> properties too (elephantiasis). >> >> >> On Monday, May 27, 2013 11:20:02 PM UTC+5:30, Viplav Gangar wrote: >>> >>> >>> An uncommon instance of *Pisonia alba* in flower. It is a very popular >>> ornamental in Mumbai but is seldom seen flowering / fruiting. Clicked today >>> morning in a traffic island in South Mumbai. >>> >>> It is intriguing to note that G. Carstensen, the Danish superintendent >>> of the Victoria Gardens in Mumbai, remarked upon the distinctive appeal of >>> this tree way back in 1890. In a meeting of the Bombay Natural History >>> Society on 3rd December 1890, he gave a talk on the gardens of Bombay and >>> had some flattering things to say about this tree: >>> >>> "The most striking tree of our gardens is perhaps the Lettuce-tree (*Pisonia >>> alba*), which cannot fail to attract attention by the splendid effect >>> of its bright yellow foliage, nowhere I believe so perfectly developed as >>> in Bombay". - G. Carstensen, *Bombay Gardens*, p. 410, Journal of the >>> Bombay Natural History Society, Vol. V, 1890. >>> >>> Best wishes, Viplav >>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > > > -- > Muthu Karthick, N > Care Earth Trust > #15, second main road, > Thillai ganga nagar, > Chennai - 600 061 > Mob: 0091 96268 33911 > www.careearthtrust.org > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
