Dear Padmini Ji, I am with Dinesh ji this plant is indeed *Pterygota alata* (Synonyms: *Sterculia alata*) from the family *Sterculiaceae.* Regards Tanay On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 11:05 PM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Most probably *Pterygota alata* (syn.: *Sterculia alata*) ... commonly > known as: buddha's coconut • Assamese: tula • Bengali: buddha narikel • > Kannada: kolugida • Malayalam: porila • Marathi: करवटी karvati • Tamil: > கொடைத்தோண்டி kodaittondi > > > > Regards. > > > On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 10:51 PM, Padmini Raghavan <padi...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> This is a tree which looks strong and has grown straight, seen on a >> street in Bangalore. >> Please help with the id. >> Thanks, >> Padmini Raghavan. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To post to this group, send email to indiantree...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<indiantreepix%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >> . >> 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 indiantree...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<indiantreepix%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > 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 indiantree...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.