Yes, it is an exotic species from Kenya. There are at least 40 species of exotic pines grown in India, out of which, four are most successful in plantations, viz., P.patula, P.elliottii, P.greggii and P.carribea.
On Saturday, December 14, 2013 10:50:44 AM UTC+5:30, D.S Rawat wrote: > > This must be an introduced species. My unidentified Pinus now got > identified with this post. I shot it at Naini Tal. Thank you Sir. > > DSRawat Pantnagar > > On Friday, December 13, 2013 3:55:21 PM UTC+5:30, Gurcharan Singh wrote: >> >> >> Pinus patula Schltd., tree with leaves in fascicles of 3, 15-30 cm long, >> drooping, grass green; female cones conic-ovoid, up to 11 cm long. >> Photographed from Chakrata. >> >> 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://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ >> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
