Nice catch Mohan ji On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 11:09 PM, Dr Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote:
> Beautiful!!! > Why is it called Mgambo tree?? > Pankaj > > > > On Jul 24, 10:41 am, Ushadi micromini <[email protected]> > wrote: > > wonderful picture.... above and by Prashant ji in flowers of india > > site... > > > > does anyone in this group have any pictures of artisan > > jewellery made from these seeds? > > > > Will it grow in hot moist weather of calcutta? > > but before that I would like to know if it has a potential to harm > > local flora or become a weedy problem? > > > > Has any one in chennai theosophical society or in Bombay made > > a study of such potential? > > > > Usha di > > > > On Jul 24, 10:22 am, Mahadeswara <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes. Majidea zanguebarica . I have photographed this tree in K M F > > > School premises (opp. Theosophical society) on Besant Avenue. > > > Native to east Africa, the Mgambo Tree is sometimes referred to as > > > Velvet-seed Tree owing to its unique velvety black seeds, which are > > > displayed like pearls in the bright red interior of its fruit pods. So > > > ornamental are its seeds, they are often used in artisan jewelry and > > > the dried pods in the composition of bouquets . > > > On Jul 23, 10:47 pm, "Mohan V. Chunkath" <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > Dear Friends, > > > > Wanted to share this picture showing the dehisced fruits of Majidea > > > > zanguebarica or the Mgambo tree (Black Pearl Tree). Photographed in > Adyar > > > > Theosophical Society Gardens, Chennai, Tamil Nadu State on 17 June, > 2011. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Mohan > > > > > > 5841306129_32627c9742_o.jpg > > > > 545KViewDownload > -- *Manudev K Madhavan* Junior Research Fellow Systematic & Floristic Lab, Department of Botany, Centre for Postgraduate Studies & Research St. Joseph's College, Devagiri Kozhikode- 673 008 Mob: 9496470738
