Yes, Kanakchampa... Pterospermum acerifolium ... used to be a popular street tree in Calcutta... until very cheap Gulmohar nursery stock took over (which used to sell for as low as ONE indian rupee per 3 foot nursery stock, if one wanted it for street planting) ...!!!
Flowers from Mature trees fill the air with sweet smell for a couple of weeks.... Usha di ===== On Aug 5, 9:15 pm, Balkar Arya <balkara...@gmail.com> wrote: > Pterospermum acerifolium yes kanakchampa > > > > On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 3:23 PM, Smilax004 <giby.kuriak...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I too think that this is Pterospermum acerifolium of Sterculiaceae > > family. Not Pterocarpus, for sure. > > > Regards, > > Giby > > > On Aug 5, 11:23 am, Anantanarayan Rajaram <rajaram_an...@yahoo.com> > > wrote: > > > I am attaching a few pics of Pterocarpus acerifolium which I took at the > > Amrita University campus near Coimbatore last month in July. Searching the > > efloraofindia group, there does not seem to be any previous mention of this > > species.Thanks and regards > > > Rajaram > > > > Pt.acerifolium a.jpg > > > 829KViewDownload > > > > Pt.acerifolium b.jpg > > > 819KViewDownload > > > > Pt.acerifolium mat.pod.jpg > > > 722KViewDownload > > > > Pt.acerifolium mat.bark.jpg > > > 636KViewDownload > > -- > Regards > > Dr Balkar Singh > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > Arya P G College, Panipat > Haryana-132103 > 09416262964
