Thanks madam. On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 7:47 PM, H S <hemsan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Love to see your effort... > > On 4/25/11, Ushadi micromini <microminipho...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Dear Mani ji: congratulations, its like your baby, and its wonderful > > to see it "blossom"... > > its a veritable storehouse of medicinal properties.... esp the black > > pulp around the small seeds in the seedpod...in bengal the black stick > > like pod is called Bandor-lathi......lathi for a monkey... as you say > > liked by the monkeys, though Calcutta hardly has any free roaming > > monkey left... > > I call these types of trees Value added trees for street or Urban > > plantings.... > > > > My parents planted many such in our neighborhood in Calcutta, many of > > whom survive, yet many have been cut down by our city pragmatists to > > widen roads... etc... in recent times it has become somewhat > > popular in Calcutta streets.. > > > > loved to see your tree... > > usha di.. > > > > ------- > > > > On Apr 24, 7:16 pm, mani nair <mani.na...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Dear friends, > >> > >> Cassia fistula planted by me ten years ago in a school compound. It is > >> the > >> flowering season lasting upto June. > >> This tree is a native of India. It sheds its leaves during March and > in > >> April bursts into a mass of long, yellow golden flowers. The fruit is a > >> long pipe like liked by monkeys. The tree is the host plant for the > >> caterpillars of yellow butterflies. > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Mani. > >> > >> cassia3.jpg > >> 242KViewDownload > >> > >> cassia2.jpg > >> 150KViewDownload > >> > >> cassia.jpg > >> 151KViewDownload > > > -- > - H.S. > > A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, - a mere heart of > stone >
