Thank you Didi, I would look for this tree in March, one should be somewhere near my school. Regards surajit
On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 12:39 PM, Ushadi Micromini < microminipho...@gmail.com> wrote: > Surajit: > *Adenanthera pavonina* L. tree flowers in march and seeds begin to > appear in april.. last till may > > there are street trees in 24 paraganas esp in and around the metropolis > > one or 2 nice ones in Dhakuria lakes, one by the ISKON temple in central > calcutta (small park with a talab) and several in Elliot park... opposite > the tata center... on Chowringhee road... several in the lanes surrounding > the Birla mandir in Ballygunje... > these are the ones I remember > > several as street trees in many neighborhoods .. no use going on a wild > goose chase but they are everywhere, and the seeds sprout in wet humid > (100% humidity days) in the debris under the trees... no allelopathy > there.. the mother plant allows them to sprout out.. but I have not seen > any really form a grove under or near the original tree.. i don't know > why... > may be the mali-s /gardeners do not let them.. we don't have cows roaming > the streets or these parks that could possibly eat up the young plants... > so I its a question... > > > AND the wood is reddish... many mistakenly believe it to be red > sandalwood, I have see the Dhakuria lake trees routinely mutilated... big > branches are torn out... but its not red sandalwood... > > > usha di > > > > On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 10:00 PM, surajit koley < > surajitnotavaila...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> As Usha Di suggested this thread I remembered - >> that about a couple of years a junior student found a few seeds on his >> way to school. He collected not because he wanted to know the name of the >> tree, in fact I was not at all interested in flora world, he collected >> because those looked very attractive to him. There were 4 or 5 seeds and he >> gave me all. I kept those in my home for reason unknown to even myself! A >> few days ago I searched my room and found one of those *Adenanthera >> pavonina* L. seeds. I am yet to see or record this tree. As I googled a >> little while ago I came across another similar looking one - >> http://itp.lucidcentral.org/id/fnw/key/FNW_Mimosoideae/Media/Html/fact_sheets/Prosopis_palmeri.htm >> . >> >> Thank you >> Regards >> surajit >> >> > > > -- > Usha di > =========== > -- 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 an email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
