*Thank you everybody. ak * On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 12:20 AM, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. 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