A good link on baobab is http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantab/adansondigit.htm Probably it will help you in ID the tree in Kali Badi. akbhatt
On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 10:29 AM, Adittya Dharap <[email protected]>wrote: > Hello, > > Thankyou for the reply. I am afraid that I differ on the tree being *Adansonia > sp*. > Am well acustomed to Baobab. It was definately not one. > Though from my narration it may have appeared so. But this tree did not > have palmate leaves as in case of *Adansonia digitata*. Secondly - the > tree is not as large as Baobab can grow. > The texture and profile of the trunk resembled *Adenium* rather than * > Adansonia*. > But Am not sure if *Adenium* can grow that tall. > > regards > Adittya > > > > > > --- On *Sun, 4/19/09, Rakesh Biswas <[email protected]>* wrote: > > From: Rakesh Biswas <[email protected]> > Subject: [indiantreepix:10839] Re: Tree at Kali Shrine Kolkata > To: "Devendra Bhardwaj" <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected], [email protected] > Date: Sunday, April 19, 2009, 9:33 AM > > > Interesting because the Baobab is an African tree and may not have been > imported more than 500 years back? > > However the name Kalpavriksh definitely sounds older than that? > > Would like to learn more from you. Also Adittya could confirm if his > sighting matches the pictures of Baobab which he would have by now glanced > in google images? > > rakesh > > On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 5:13 AM, Devendra Bhardwaj < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello, >> It May be Adansonia digitata Known as Kalp vriksha. >> Devendra Bhardwaj >> >> --- On *Sat, 18/4/09, Adittya Dharap <[email protected]>* wrote: >> >> >> From: Adittya Dharap <[email protected]> >> Subject: [indiantreepix:10835] Tree at Kali Shrine Kolkata >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Saturday, 18 April, 2009, 7:36 PM >> >> Hello, >> >> Recently had been to Kali Mandir - Kolkata. >> There is a tree in the premises which is worshipped & threaded for >> fulfilling the wishes. >> to me, the tree appeared like a variety of *Adenium sp*. The trunk had a >> large girth & several branches emerging from a point as in *Adenium*. >> The tree was not in flowering. Had it been in flowering, the >> identification would have been simple. >> The trunk had a large girth. *Adenium sp*. grows very very slow.. If my >> identification is correct, then the tree must be really old. >> I was observing the tree continuously while we were queued up for the >> entry in the shrine. The slow moving queue gave me ample time for >> observation. >> There was one more astonishing fact, A pair of Red Vented Bulbul had >> nested on the top floor of the tree. The Bulbuls had found a safest place to >> breed! >> >> Unfortunately I was unable to take any image as photography is prohibited >> in Kali Mandir. >> >> Can any one confirm the identity of the tree? >> The tree is a real beauty. Would request to share the image if anyone has >> one. >> >> best regards >> >> Adittya >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Invite them now. >> <http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_messenger_6/*http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- Anand Kumar Bhatt A-59, B.S.F.Colony, Airport Road Gwalior. 474 005. Tele: 0751-247 2233. Mobile 0 94253 09780. My blogsite is at: http://anandkbhatt.blogspot.com And the photo site: www.flickr.com/photos/akbhatt/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
