Nice one Sukla ji Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 10:20 PM, Sukla Chanda <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Nidhan ji & Dr. Rawat. > > > > Thanks, > Sukla > ------------------------------------------------ > Sukla Chanda, PhD > Science & Education, > The Field Museum, Chicago IL. > > > On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 2:58 AM, D.S Rawat > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Nice picture of this Cannon Ball Tree. >> Dr H.J.Chowdhery and Dr D.S.Pandey of BSI have chosen it for the front >> cover of their nicely illustrated book Plants of Indian Botanic Garden. >> DSRawat Pantnagar >> >> >> On Friday, February 28, 2014 10:39:03 AM UTC+5:30, Sukla Chanda wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> *Couroupita guianensis* Aubl. (Lecythidaceae): >>> >>> >>> The flowers are large, up to 6 cm wide, and often brightly colored, the >>> six petals in shades of pink and red near the bases and yellowish toward >>> the tips. There is a ring of stamens<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamen>at >>> the center, and an arrangement to stamens that have been modified into a >>> hood. Some trees flower profusely, until the entire trunk is buried in >>> flowers. They are strongly scented, especially at night and in the early >>> morning. The tree bears, directly on the trunk and main branches, large >>> globose woody fruits. >>> >>> >>> Cannonball Tree is native to rain forest of the Guiana's in Northeastern >>> South America. >>> >>> >>> 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. >> > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
