Beatiful. Dear Ramji, Where is this tree located in Chennai? On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 8:34 PM, jmgarg1 <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Forwarding again forId confirmation orotherwise please. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Ramjee Nagarajan <ramje...@gmail.com> > Date: 9 May 2012 08:26 > Subject: [efloraofindia:115989] Re: Hispaniolan Rosy Trumpet Tree > (Tabebuia berteroi > To: indiantreepix@googlegroups.com > > > Sighted a Hispaniolan Rosy Trumpet Tree (Tabebuia berteroi) in Chennai. > > This comes from the island of Hispaniola near Cuba. It is a small tree > with obovate leaflets 5-12 cm long. Leaflets are hairless, thick and > pointed. The tree bears trumpet shaped flowers with 5 flaring petals with > crinkled margins. The flowers, 5-6 cm long, are rosy white, with yellow in > the throat. The tree is cultivated in India, but am told is not common. > Hope I got the ID right! > For a higher resolution pls look up: > > > https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-njFihSngFJM/T6lk3Qh6HGI/AAAAAAAAEmg/2Oq5jOnsNQA/s512/IMG_3301.jpg > > > -- > N. Ramjee > __ > o- '' | \_____/), No 5 Prashanthi Apartments > \_/|_) ) TM Maistri Street; Vanandurai, > Tiruvanmiyur PO > \ __ / Chennai, Tamil Nadu--India > (_/ (_/ Tel: 91-44-24524272 mob: +91-9443194272 > > > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species*& > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use > them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1860 members & > 1,15,000 messages on 30/4/12) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 6500 species). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > > -- Muthu Karthick, N Care Earth Trust #15, second main road, Thillai ganga nagar, Chennai - 600 061 Mob: 0091 96268 33911 www.careearthtrust.org
