M. paniculata and M. exotica are two different plants.

regards,

On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 7:09 PM, Ushadi micromini <microminipho...@gmail.com
> wrote:

>
> In Bengali its called Kamini.....grows in both east and west bengal as
> Kamini...
>
> In kolkata, it flowers profusely in summer, esp if it rains a
> little...
> as children we knew it would rain that day if the KAMINI would flower
> in
> early am....  filling the air with intoxicating scent...
> Only problem with flowers is if you pluck an individual flower...
> the petals fall off by the time you bring them in ...
> so one has to cut the twig without causing any jarring
> reverberations...
> then it survives inside the home for a day...
>
> NOT all plants develop fruits though.. in Kolkata..
> my friends have a tree that gets beautiful red berries, I have two
> that never give
> any berries, though they flower profusely...  and my friend's and my
> plants are
>  in the same kinda micro-climate and surroundings...  so the same
> pollinators are around ...
>
>
>
> DOES ANY ONE KNOW WHY IS THIS that some get fruits and some other
> not??
>
>
> DOES any one know why is it ?
> Usha di
>
>
>
> ============
>
>
> On Jul 27, 11:12 am, mani nair <mani.na...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Balkar ji, beautiful flowers.  These are highly fragrant especially
> during
> > the rain and the fruits are liked by birds like bulbul.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Mani.
>



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