Thank you Gurcharan ji but I think it may be Narendra who raised the doubt because it was surely not me
navendu On 14 October 2010 05:55, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Navendu ji > Last month you had raised question about differences between Caesalpinia > pulcherrima var. flava and Delonix regia var. flavida. Today I had a casual > check and found these: > Sepals in Delonix are narrower and valvate in bud, in Caesalpinia they are > broader and imbricate > Stamens slightly longer than petals in Delonix, they are 2-3 times longer > in Caesalpinia > Fruits 30-50 cm long in Delonix, less than 10 cm in Caesalpinia > > -- > 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/ <http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/> > > > > > On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 12:30 AM, Narendra Joshi <[email protected]>wrote: > >> This appears to be Yellow Peacock Flower from Gulmohar family. * ( pl >> check Caesalpinia pulcherrima*) >> >> Regards, >> >> Narendra Joshi >> >> >> --- On *Wed, 9/8/10, Shantanu Bhattacharya <[email protected]>* wrote: >> >> >> From: Shantanu Bhattacharya <[email protected]> >> Subject: [efloraofindia:46913] Delonix regia var. flavida >> To: "efloraofindia" <[email protected]> >> Date: Wednesday, September 8, 2010, 9:00 PM >> >> >> Hi >> sharing snap of the Yellow variety of Royal Poinciana (Delonix regia var. >> flavida )...commonly called Gulmohar. >> Although it is endemic to Madagascar....it is widely grown in India as an >> avenue tree. >> We call it Radha-choora in Bengali....as the red Gulmohar is called >> Krishna-choora. >> >> regards >> Shantanu :) >> >> >> > > > > -- Navendu Page PhD student Kartik Shanker's Lab Center for Ecological Sciences Indian Institute of Science Bangalore - 560012 Ph: +91 9611053510
