Thank you Raman Ji. Actually i needed the pods and the leaves of this tree for my research. thats why i asked. but somehow now i have managed to source it from North East India (Manipur)
Thank you once again Alok On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 8:56 AM, Raman Arunachalam < raman_arunacha...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Yes its still in i > *Where* 80 ft Road, 6th Main Road, Defence Colony, Indiranagar, Bangalore > > > https://ramanarunachalam.github.io/Flora-and-Fauna/ > Flora/Parkia%20-%20Tree%20Bean%20Tree/Tree%20Bean%20Tree.html > > Raman > > > On 15-May-2018, at 5:51 AM, J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I think it may be from Lalbagh and may still be there. > Raman ji may pl. confirm. > > On Thu 10 May, 2018, 11:26 AM Alok, <alok12...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Dear Raman Ji >> >> Please refer to the trailing mail where you posted some photos of *Parkia >> timoriana. *i wanted to ask you whether the plant is still available in >> the area where you had reported it from?? >> >> Alok >> >> On Monday, February 18, 2013 at 11:42:09 AM UTC+5:30, raman wrote: >>> >>> Tree Bean is a very large tree, 25-40 m in height, found in North-East >>> India. The leaves are evenly bipinnate and 30-80 cm long. The pinnae are >>> 40-60 in number, and 8-20 cm long. The leaflets are 60-140, linear-oblong, >>> 6-12 mm long, close-set, shining above, and pointed at the tip. The >>> flower-heads are dense, obovoid or perform, up to 6 cm long, hanging from >>> leaf axils like old-fashioned electric bulbs, on long cable-like stalks. >>> The flowers are white and yellow, about 1 cm long. The pods are 25-30 cm >>> long, about 3.5 cm wide, rather thick, pendulous, and black and shinning >>> when mature, and contain from 15-20 seeds. The pods are edible, and are >>> considered a delicacy in Manipur. Their pulp is golden yellow, with a >>> sweetish taste and an odor like that of violets. The roasted seeds are used >>> in certain parts of Africa to make an infusion like coffee, for which >>> reason they have been called soudan Coffee. tip of a long thick stalk - the >>> reason for its common name. The fruits that are flat are in clusters at the >>> tip of long thick stalks. Known to grow quite fast. The entire >>> inflorescence has a very soft appearance. However, once the flower is dry >>> the core is pretty hard. Please do not even for fun try flinging it at any >>> one. It really hurts >>> >>> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/43406542/Flora%20and%20Fauna/ >>> Trees%20of%20Bangalore/Parkia%20-%20Tree%20Bean%20Tree/Tree% >>> 20Bean%20Tree.html >>> >>> Raman >>> >> >> -- >> 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 https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- 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 an email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
