Thank you,Satish ji.I too felt it could be P.insignis.Waiting for the tree to fruit now! I have seen Pseudobombax ellipticum a few years back in Lalbagh - magnificent specimen - but termite-ridden.Of course it collapsed soon after !
Regards Ranjini Kamath On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 10:52 PM, Satish Phadke <drsmpha...@gmail.com>wrote: > It is *Pachira insignis* according to me and not Pseudobombax where the > sepals are totally rolled out in the form of ribbons when the flower is in > full bloom.The stamens of which are also uniformly coloured whereas here > they are partially coloured. > I think these Pachira trees were brought by Britishers and planted in all > the major gardens in India including those in Kolkata Mumbai Bengaluru and > Pune > > Dr Satish Phadke > > > On 18 April 2014 15:51, Ranjini Kamath <ranjin...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Lalbagh,Bangalore - 13th April,2014.. >> I have gone through the discussion on this young tree which I think is >> wrongly labelled as Pachira saithifolia.Though it has been id'd as >> P.aquatica the pic I found on Wikipedia does not look the same.Please check >> here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachira_aquatica >> Looks remarkably like the Shaving Brush Tree - Pseudobombax ellipticum. >> Would appreciate correct ID! >> Thanks >> Ranjini Kamath >> >> -- >> 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. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
