A handsome tree in North India! Flowers emit a strong aroma periodically. DSRawat Pantnagar
On Thursday, February 27, 2014 9:53:46 AM UTC+5:30, Sukla Chanda wrote: > > > State Tree of West Bengal* Alstonia scholaris* (L.) R. Br. (Apocynaceae) > > > *Alstonia scholaris* (Saptaparni in Bengali) is declared as the State > Tree of West Bengal, India. This is Rabindranath Tagore’s much loved tree > and under this tree (in Bengali it is called *chhatimtala* ) prayer > services are held on very special days in Santiniketan. Rabindranath, > too, like his father before him would sit in meditation here, under the > chhatim trees during sunset. > > Leaves of the Chhatim (*Alstonia scholaris*) trees are given to > graduating students at the annual convocation in Visva-Bharati (University). > > > Pictures are taken from Hatibagan, Kolkata during September, 2011. > > > Thanks, > Sukla > ------------------------------------------------ > Sukla Chanda, PhD > Science & Education, > The Field Museum, Chicago IL. > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
