Dear friends, Reading through comments, my plant seems to be *Erythrina stricta* just as HS suggested. Apologies for mistaking ID in the first place.
Will wait for few more days to take into account any other validating comments, before I correct my flickr notes. Regards. Dinesh On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 8:22 PM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree to some extent with HS ji > What I feel > *Erythrina suberosa* called as Pangari or Booch pangara. Small tree. > Bark light grey.corky, cracked,vertical fissures or grooves deep. Branches > crooked. > Flowers early Feb March; common around Pune. > *Erythrina stricta*. Also called Pangari. Large tree.Bark smooth(Not > grooved)Branches prickly far more than the above. Flowering season > comparatively late- MayObserved more in large jungles in Mulshi and others > in Konkan not near the city of Pune > Of course the Key in BSI is very good and depends on calyx spathaceous,not > 2 lipped,splitting down deep to base in E.variegata and E.stricta whereas > not so in E suberosa where it is not spathaceous and it is more or less 2 > lipped. > Shrikant ji's book also gives clear differentiating characters. > Hope this doesn't add to the confusion. > > > > On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 5:23 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Thanks a lot H S >> I just went through my photographsof E. suberosa from Delhi, and yes the >> stems and branches are not that prickly. I will upload all my collections >> of Erythrina in a day or two. Kindly give your opinion on them. >> >> >> -- >> 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 Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 2:11 PM, H S <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> sorry, above comment i wrote without reading your link sirji, but even >>> after reading, it do not satisfy the conclusion, and in the second link, i >>> do not think they have provided with proper correct photo ( i may be >>> wrong), but i guess, E. suberosa less prickly than E. stricta, infact E. >>> suberosa on stem hardly show spines, bark is thick, rupture and look like >>> crocodile bark, very light to handle or may be, because of this character >>> it has been used as cork in older days, even the leaflets are thick, >>> tomentose, >>> E. suberosa very commonly seen in Pune, in Maharashtra.. its quite >>> distinct from E. stricta and E. variegata the species found in Wild. >>> >>> i think photo here is E. stricta >>> >>> regards, >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 1:53 PM, Narendra Joshi <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Great photographs, DInesh Ji! >>>> >>>> >>>> On 7 November 2011 01:34, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> *Erythrina suberosa * Roxb. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> - *er-ith-RY-nuh* -- red colored >>>>> *sub-er-OH-suh* -- cork bark >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> [image: Erythrina stricta var. >>>>> suberosa]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F457792611%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfnqJvQYNQF02GebQ4vQIA-gFfxaw> >>>>> Apr 7, 2007 ... along NH4 near Lonavala, Maharashtra >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> *commonly known as*: Indian coral tree, tiger claw • *Bengali*: >>>>> রক্তমন্দার raktamandar • *Hindi*: ढोलधाक dhol-dhak, मन्दार mandara, >>>>> पांगरा pangra • *Kannada*: halivana, keechige, mandara • *Konkani*: >>>>> पांगार paangaar • *Malayalam*: ആണ്മുരിക്ക് aanmurikk, മുളളുമുരിക്ക് >>>>> mulalumurikk, വെണ്മുരിക്ക് venamurikk • *Marathi*: पांगारा pangara • * >>>>> Sanskrit*: मन्दार mandara, पारिभद्र paribhadra • *Tamil*: கிஞ்சுகம் >>>>> kincukam, முண்முருக்கு munmurukku, முருக்கு மரம் murukku maram • * >>>>> Telugu*: బలభద్రిక balabhadrika >>>>> >>>>> *Native to*: Indian subcontinent, s-e Asia >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> *some views*: >>>>> >>>>> - Apr 7, 2007 ... along NH4 near Lonavala, Maharashtra >>>>> [image: Dhol-dhak (Hindi: >>>>> ढोलधाक)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F457788981%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfQQpPqxglK8pvfdyKgozoIbf4Dug> >>>>> - Apr 7, 2008 ... near Lion's Point, Lonavala, Maharashtra >>>>> [image: Balabhadrika (Telugu: >>>>> బలభద్రిక)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2395694067%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfoA66XQ7arBVfu6xdlftgd5YnXSA> >>>>> - Feb 15, 2009 ... at Yeoor Hills (part of Sanjay Gandhi National >>>>> Park) >>>>> [image: Raktamandar (Bengali: >>>>> রক্তমন্দার)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F3292344859%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzc5JGGhIBKjkReoMUoeTJBgrQ5PLg> >>>>> - Apr 14, 2010 ... along NH8 near Chinchoti, Maharashtra >>>>> [image: Aanmurikk (Malayalam: >>>>> ആണ്മുരിക്ക്)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F4520015897%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzerlSdUYqom1cFeusGI1zttV8liWw> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Dear friends, embedded images attached for the benefit of those who >>>>> are unable to view them among contents above. >>>>> >>>>> Regards. >>>>> Dinesh >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> With Regards, >>>> Narendra Joshi >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> - H.S. >>> >>> A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, - a mere heart >>> of stone >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > -- > Dr Satish Phadke >
