Debjit yes to both of your and Dinesh's s dx, calabash tree most likely not from benthill's time, though seems mature and healthy older trees would be 25 to 30 feet tall <https://studylib.net/doc/14564026/crescentia-cujete-calabash-tree-fact-sheet-st-216-1> this one and one in vic mem grounds are relatively young zoo one seems in better shape, based on your pic of its stem gets beautiful cualiflory, green flowers and green fruits
thanks for sharing usha di On Sun, Sep 30, 2018 at 6:18 PM Debjit Mukherjee <demuk...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks a lot Dinesh ji. It is indeed *Crescenti cujete. The Trees of > Calcutta (1946) has a mention of this tree "...several specimens may be > seen in the Zoo...". Not sure if this individual is surviving from 1940's!* > *Regards,* > > *Debjit * > > On Sun, Sep 30, 2018 at 5:55 PM Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> *Crescentia *... most probably *C. cujete.* >> Regards. >> Dinesh >> >> On Sun, Sep 30, 2018 at 4:34 PM Debjit Mukherjee <demuk...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Date/Time- 16-Sep-2018 >>> >>> Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Alipur Zoo, Kolkata >>> >>> Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type - Urban >>> >>> Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- Tree >>> >>> Height/Length- 15 Feet >>> >>> Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- Obovate, around 8-10 inches >>> >>> Inflorescence Type/ Size- Large single bell shaped flower yellowish >>> with flesh color veins >>> >>> Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts- 2-3 inches >>> >>> Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- not seen >>> >>> Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.- probably not >>> fragnant >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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 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. > -- Usha di =========== -- 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.
