Hello all this is Barringtonia acutangula (L.) Gaertn. Fruct. 2: 97, t. 101, 1791; Cl. in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 2: 508, 1878; Cooke, Fl. Pres. Bombay 2: 528, 1958 (Repr.); Almeida, Fl. Mah. 2: 256, 1998; Pradhan et al, Fl. SGNP 271, 2005. Synonyms: Eugenia acutangula L., Sp. 673, 1753. Stravadium acutangulum Miers., Trans. L. Soc Serv. 2, Bot. 1: 80, 1875. Stravadium rheedii Miers, I.c. 82, 1875. Common names: Indian Oak, Dhatriphal, Tivar, Ingli. commonly grows along teh periphery of lakes or along the river. i have read in a thesis on Plants of Thane(deposited at Mumbai university library, kalina, Mumbai). i dnt remember the author. she has mentioned abt a yellow form of this growing in a private compound of society. the author has also provided a photograph.
Regards Satish Pardeshi On Jun 15, 7:49 pm, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> wrote: > Great collection Padmini ji > I suppose this is a coastal tree so difficult to grow in other areas. > As far as my knowledge goes there is one tree in Pune(Patwardhan baug ..yet > not observed by me!) The flowers bloom only during night and wilt in the > morning. > Shrikant ji had written about it in Pune Times few days back. It will be > depicted in his forthcoming book about Trees of Pune which I am sure will be > very useful to everybody. > Dr Phadke > > On 14 June 2010 23:59, Padmini Raghavan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > The Indian Oak is blooming in Chennai now, though not as profusely as last > > year. > > Padmini Raghavan. > > > -- > > 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%2bunsubscr...@goog > > legroups.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 [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
