Nice shot of fruits On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 7:04 AM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> *Ceiba pentandra* (L.) Gaertn., Fruct. sem. pl. 2:244. 1791 > Syn: *Bombax pentandrum L. ; Ceiba caribaea (DC.) A. Chev.; Ceiba casearia > Medik.; Eriodendron anfractuosum** DC.* > > Common names: kapok, kapoktree, silk-cottontree, white silk-cottontree > > Large deciduous tree with spiny trunk; leaves palmate compound with 5-7 > oblong-lanceolate leaflets; flowers usually opening before leaves, rose or > white, tomentose outside; stamens 5, united at base into tube; capsules > fusiform, 10-25 cm long; seeds many embedded in wool. > > Photographed from Khalsa College, Delhi > > > > > > -- > 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
