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.
