Very nice pictures and well documented. The description about the plant is very helpful. Wish to follow this kind of detailed description and wish to see many more such documentation with such detailed description along with. I am sure this would certainly help whoever who get to know this species first time. You may please add some relevant reference, if available, for further information.
Regards, Giby On 16 January 2012 12:18, raman <raman_arunacha...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Broad Leaved Bottle Tree is a deciduous tree, with somewhat bottle shaped > trunk. Its other relatives have strongly bottle-shaped trunks. Leaves are > palmately lobed with 4.5-12 cm long stalks. Leaf blade is deeply palmately > 5-7-lobed, 6-10 cm long, 10-16 cm broad, smooth on both sides. Lobes are > broadly ovate, rhomboid, lance-shaped or somewhat rectangular, all ending > in a sharp point. Flowers are borne in short racemes. Flowers are white to > cream, velvety, becoming rusty when dry. Flower stalks are 5-10 mm long, > jointed. Sepal cup is bell-shaped, white, 1.5-2 cm long, 1-1.5 cm across, > lobed half way down; lobes are lance-shaped. There are no real petals. > Stamens are hairy, ovary velvety, 2-3 mm long. Styles are free, joining > above. Follicles are shortly stalked, oblong-triangular, 5-7.5 cm long, > hairless > > Raman > -- GIBY KURIAKOSE PhD Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Royal Enclave, Jakkur Post, Srirampura Bangalore- 560064 India Phone - +91 9448714856 (Mobile) visit my pictures @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/giby
