yes, it flowers in autumn. ----- Original Message ----- From: Gurcharan Singh To: tanay bose Cc: Na Bha ; indiantreepix@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 1:41 AM Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:60180] Ceiba speciosa from Buenos Aires
In California it flowers in Sep-Oct., Oct-Nov in Delhi -- 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, Jan 13, 2011 at 3:11 AM, tanay bose <tanaybos...@gmail.com> wrote: Nice catch Thanks for sharing indeed Ceiba speciosa Tanay On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 8:50 AM, Na Bha <nabha-megh...@gmx.de> wrote: These fotos were taken between 27. and 30. March 2010 in Buenos Aires The fruits in the following fotos Ceiba speciosa-BA-P1030237.JPG Ceiba speciosa-100_6433.JPG look different from these. Ceiba speciosa-100_6217.JPG Ceiba speciosa-100_6218.JPG Ceiba speciosa-100_6219.JPG They are not edible. These trees are also called drunken trees because the trunk is big and looks many times like beer belly. I hope the Id is correct. Nalini -- Tanay Bose Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) ta...@interchange.ubc.ca Webpages: http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/