It is *Pterygota alata* (Roxb.) R. Brown (Syn: *Sterculia alata)*- of Sterculiaceae family. It is not an exotic species as they are distributed in our forests they grow as tall as >35m in the evergreen forests.
Please visit@ http://www.biotik.org/india/species/p/pteralat/pteralat_en.html Regards, Giby On 28 September 2011 09:52, Mahadeswara <swamy.c...@gmail.com> wrote: > This is Pterigota alata, commonly known as Budha's coconut. I have > seen this tree in Madras Theosophical society campus also. > > On Sep 27, 7:37 pm, shivaprakash adavanne <adava...@gmail.com> wrote: > > hello, > > Gateway to JOG Falls, Shimoga district, karnataka is Talguppa for > southern > > people. Railway line after conversion got open recently. Five huge trees > in > > fruiting attracted our attention. Looks to be exotic. Requesting id. > > > > regards > > a.shivaprakash > > > > 3 Talaguppa 2011_09_18 (1).JPG > > 320KViewDownload > > > > 3 Talaguppa 2011_09_18 (2).JPG > > 296KViewDownload > > > > 3 Talaguppa 2011_09_18 (3).JPG > > 350KViewDownload > > > > 3 Talaguppa 2011_09_18 (4).JPG > > 263KViewDownload > > > > 3 Talaguppa 2011_09_18 (7).JPG > > 353KViewDownload -- 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
