Since the branches are nearly horizontal, the water doesn't drain completely. Water droplets and thus moisture stay along the lower surface of the branches for longer even after rain stops. This moisture would have attracted growth of some lichen or fungi/(algae?) and when it dries up, it becomes dark. May be b'cos its dark, its called as Krishna Kadamba (like Krishna Tulsi for the purplish form of Tulsi) denoting the dark complexion of Lord Krishna. Its just my perception.
With regards R. Vijayasankar On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 6:02 AM, tanay bose <tanaybos...@gmail.com> wrote: > A natural Beauty I should say > Tanay > > > On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 11:32 AM, Yazdy Palia <yazdypa...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Dear Friends, >> It is definitely water trickling down. If you take a look at the >> branches going horizontally to the left, you will notice that the >> discoloration is on the top of the branch also. What beats me is why >> not on the sides. The tree stem and branches seem to be having plenty >> of nodes and the discoloration seems to be most along the nodes. >> Possibly the bark is more porous along the nodes as such absorbs more >> moisture and hence more soot or dirt sticking along the nodes. >> Regards >> Yazdy. >> >> On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 9:45 AM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > Yes Pardesi ji >> > And may contain some dust or soot particles which dry up and stick. >> > >> > -- >> > 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> > >> > On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 9:37 AM, Pardeshi S. <satishparde...@gmail.com> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> i feel it might be the mark of water droplets of rain and dew at >> >> morning which flows down after accumulating, along the lower side of >> >> the branches. >> >> >> >> Regards >> >> Satish Pardeshi >> >> >> >> On May 19, 11:34 pm, Padmini Raghavan <padi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > Why does this Krishna Kadamba tree have these dark lines on the >> >> > undersides >> >> > of its branches? >> >> > This is a street tree in Bangalore. >> >> > 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 >> >> > athttp://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. >> >> > >> >> > Bang.+Hog Plum +Arjuna. 005.jpg >> >> > 141KViewDownload >> >> > >> >> > Bang.+Hog Plum +Arjuna. 006.jpg >> >> > 139KViewDownload >> >> >> >> -- >> >> 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. >> > >> >> -- >> 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<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. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
