Dear Pankaj Ji, I agree with you I too have seen this plant in Shantiniketan in Birbhum district of West Bengal couple of years ago during winters. At that time there was no flower on the plant hence I could not take a picture of it. It was located in a personal garden but our family friend told me that it was a wild plant and got into the personal estate when the person brought the land to build his bunglow. As described by him the flower looks same to that of normal "*Palash-Ful*" (Bengali for *Butea monosperma*) only that is bone white in colour. I never knew this plant could bear white flower this was the first time when I came to knew about the fact and I really got astronished. Regards Tanay
On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 11:44 PM, Pankaj Oudhia <[email protected]>wrote: > Anand and Tanay ji, > > I have also heard about white flowered Butea tree. Once I visited to > Nagpur and in Vardha road saw remains of two uprooted trees. I was told that > one was yellow flowered Butea and another was white flowered Butea. The > person claimed that Mr. Chandraswamy purchased both trees at very high price > for Tantra activities. He came by special jet to Nagpur. > > At the same spot I found yellow flowered Butea tree. > > Pankaj Oudhia > > On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 8:07 PM, Anand Kumar Bhatt > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I am thoroughly confused. Nobody has mentioned or seen a white butea >> monosperma TREE. Srikant ji has mentioned that the yellow ones look white >> when they fall down. You are right about Butea parviflora which was >> mentioned by Pankaj and in the Hindi article. I would be grateful to know if >> anybody has seen a WHITE butea monosperma Tree. I assure you that I will >> stand corrected. >> ak >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 5:35 PM, tanay bose <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Dear Anand ji, >>> Pankaj Ji resoursefully gave a beautiful answer with reference . *Butea >>> monosperma* do have a very very rare white flower variety which is due >>> to some genetic abberation and it's a tree. The climber you are refering to >>> is *Butea parviflora* as said by Pankaj Ji. >>> Regards >>> Tanay >>> >>> On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 1:10 PM, Pankaj Oudhia <[email protected] >>> > wrote: >>> >>>> Small or medium sized trees- Butea monosperma. >>>> >>>> Yellow flowers- Butea monosperma var. lutea. >>>> >>>> Large woody Climbers >>>> >>>> Flowers white, in 20-60cm long terminal panicle- Butea parviflora >>>> Flowers scarlet or flame colored, in 20-30 cm long racemes- Butea >>>> superba. >>>> >>>> (Source: Flora of Madhya Pradesh, Vol. 1. BSI) >>>> >>>> Pankaj Oudhia >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 1:02 PM, Anand Kumar Bhatt < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> how about the Hindi article which says that white butea is a creeper? >>>>> ak >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 9:05 PM, tanay bose <[email protected]>wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Dear All, >>>>>> *Butea monosperma* (first and most known. It was previously called >>>>>> Butea frondosa) >>>>>> *This is further divided into 2 varieties-* >>>>>> ***Butea monosperma* var. *monosperma*- the typical variety is the >>>>>> tree that we all see everywhere *Butea monosperma* var.* lutea*- >>>>>> yellow flowered *Butea* >>>>>> **The white flowered Butea is NOT raised to any variety level and >>>>>> should be considered just an aberration or variant (not VARIETY- >>>>>> which is a taxonomic term ) of the typical species *Butea monosperma*var >>>>>> *monosperma.* >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards >>>>>> Tanay >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 6:05 PM, Vedprakash Singh < >>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Dear Mr Vaidyanathan, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Surely another such tree is also found at a resort namely, Mowgli's >>>>>>> Den near Turia Gate of Pench Tiger Reserve, Off. Khawasa >>>>>>> (Nagpur-Jabalpur >>>>>>> Rd.) where I was a resort manager few years back. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> V P Singh >>>>>>> Secy. Cheetah Conservation Society, Nagpur. >>>>>>> >helping in trans location of Cheetah's in the forest of Vidarbha ( >>>>>>> either Bor Sanctuary or Pench Tiger Reserve ) >>>>>>> >bring out a Buttery Fly Conservation Park at Ambazhari Garden, >>>>>>> Nagpur. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>>>>>> From: Ravi Vaidyanathan <[email protected]> >>>>>>> Date: Mar 24, 2010 11:44 AM >>>>>>> Subject: [efloraofindia:30643] Yellow "Flame of the Forest" >>>>>>> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Dear All >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Came across this unique tree with Yellow flowers as compared to the >>>>>>> regular bright orange flowers of the Palash or the Flame of the >>>>>>> Forest >>>>>>> >>>>>>> This picture was taken at Seoni in Madhya Pradesh, next to the Pench >>>>>>> Tiger Reserve in the second week of March 2010 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Regards >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Ravi >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> ----------------------------- >>>>>>> Ravi Vaidyanathan >>>>>>> Mobile : 99877 77349 >>>>>>> http://chakramhikers.com >>>>>>> http://www.google.com/profiles/ravi.vaidyanathan >>>>>>> ----------------------------- >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> >>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>> Groups "efloraofindia" group. >>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>>> [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> >>>>>>> . >>>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>> Groups "efloraofindia" group. >>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>>> [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> >>>>>>> . >>>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Tanay Bose >>>>>> +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) >>>>>> 9830439691(Mobile) >>>>>> 9674221362 (Mobile) >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "efloraofindia" group. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>> [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> >>>>>> . >>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Anand Kumar Bhatt >>>>> A-59, B.S.F.Colony, Airport Road >>>>> Gwalior. 474 005. >>>>> Tele: 0751-247 2233. Mobile 0 94253 09780. >>>>> My blogsite is at: >>>>> http://anandkbhatt.blogspot.com >>>>> (A new blog has been added on 11 March 10.) >>>>> And the photo site: >>>>> www.flickr.com/photos/akbhatt/ >>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>>>> Ten most common surnames of Indians: Singh, Kumar, Sharma, Patel, >>>>> Shah, Lal, Gupta, Bhat, Rao, Reddy. Cheers! >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "efloraofindia" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> >>>>> . >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Tanay Bose >>> +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) >>> 9830439691(Mobile) >>> 9674221362 (Mobile) >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Anand Kumar Bhatt >> A-59, B.S.F.Colony, Airport Road >> Gwalior. 474 005. >> Tele: 0751-247 2233. 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