... Sushmita ji, please set aside *B. acutangula*; ignore it ... I vaguely associated it to your plant.
About shrub and tree, each has technical defintions, yet there are some plants which can be best called as a large shrub OR a small tree. And on the lighter side, I remember our friend Tabish's quote, gist of which is: if you can climb the plant you may call it a tree !!! Regards. On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 11:26 AM, Sushmita Jha <[email protected]>wrote: > Dinesh-ji, > > thank you for response. I googled Barringtonia acutangula and find the > flowers very different from the ones in my photo though the leaves roughly > look the same to my lay eyes. > > I would be interested to know what distinguishes a shrub from a tree. I > believe there is continuing debate on this. > Regards, > sushmita > On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 10:32 PM, Dinesh Valke > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> ... hey Sushmita ji, I see it as a tree ... and it reminds me of >> *Barringtonia >> acutangula* tree which has similar pendant inflorescence ... however here >> the flowers look relatively slightly larger. >> I may be off-track. >> Regards. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 10:11 PM, Sushmita Jha >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Hello all, >>> Would appreciate ID of this shrub/flower. >>> Thank you. >>> Sushmita Jha >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>> From: Sushmita Jha <[email protected]> >>> Date: Wed, May 13, 2009 at 9:20 AM >>> Subject: North Bengal Flowers - ID Request 1 - 13May09-SJ >>> To: indiantreepix <[email protected]> >>> >>> >>> Dear all, >>> >>> this has become a very exciting and meaningful way to start my day! >>> >>> Would very much appreciate the usual fantastic help from this group. This >>> garden shrub/flower was growing in the grounds of Tia Bon, Chapramari. Sorry >>> about the blurryness of the photo of the flower. >>> >>> Many thanks. >>> Sushmita Jha >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
