Pachira aquatica : Confirm ID : Lalbagh,Bangalore : 210413 : AK

[Aarti S. Khale]

Pachira aquatica?

Pictures taken on 16/3/13.

Name plate suggests Pachira saithifolia.

Kindly confirm the correct id.

Aarti 

[Prashant Awale]

Excellent series of photograhs.
Regards
Prashant

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[Aarti S. Khale]

Thanks a lot Prashant ji.

Just happened to get the proper light and flower within easy reach!!

It doesn't always happen.

Regards,

Aarti 

[Satish Phadke]

This should be Pachira insignis.

[Nidhan Singh]

Lovely pics Aarti Ji..

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[Aarti S. Khale]

Satish ji, Nidhan ji

Thanks for validation & appreciation.

The same tree I suppose, Raman ji has posted as Pachira aquatica.

How do you differentiate between the two?

You had earlier identified my picture from Peradeniya as the same.

Regards,

Aarti

[harithasandhya]

Beautiful pictures. Never seen the tree.
Thank you for sharing Aarti ji.
Regards,
Sandhya

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[Aarti S. Khale]

Sandhya ji,

Thanks for appreciation.

Regards,

Aarti

[Satish Phadke]

Ihad seen two different Pachira trees few years back in Dec in Kolkata Bot. Garden. I believed the name boards there to be correct. Therefore I had posted both the plants on the group accordingly.
There appears to be a lot of confusion in names of different Pachiras.
I found an interesting discussion with photographs on the website
Botany photo of the day.
Copying some relevant things below.

In "Brazilian fruits and cultivated exotics" ( Harri Lorenzi, Luis Bacher and others) from the Instituto Plantarum, they clearly dichotomize these into white flower, green pod = Bombacopsis glabra, syn. Pachira glabra and red flower, brown pod = Pachira aquatica, syn. Bombax aquaticum, B. macrocarpum, B. rigidifolium, Carolinea macrocarpa and Pachira pustilifera.

Now I think the labels of my plants posted may be wrong.

Interesting and confusing too................................

Dr Satish Phadke

[Aarti S. Khale]

Satish ji,

Confusing for me too.

Waiting for some expert advice!!

Regards,

Aarti

[J.M. Garg]

Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please.

Some earlier relevant feedback:

This should be Pachira insignis. - from Phadke ji.

Thanks for validation & appreciation. The same tree I suppose, Raman ji has posted as Pachira aquatica. How do you differentiate between the two? You had earlier identified my picture from Peradeniya as the same. Regards, Aarti

I had seen two different Pachira trees few years back in Dec in Kolkata Bot. Garden. I believed the name boards there to be correct. Therefore I had posted both the plants on the group accordingly.

There appears to be a lot of confusion in names of different Pachiras. I found an interesting discussion with photographs on the website Botany photo of the day. Copying some relevant things below. In "Brazilian fruits and cultivated exotics" ( Harri Lorenzi, Luis Bacher and others) from the Instituto Plantarum, they clearly dichotomize these into white flower, green pod = Bombacopsis glabra, syn. Pachira glabra and red flower, brown pod = Pachira aquatica, syn. Bombax aquaticum, B. macrocarpum, B. rigidifolium, Carolinea macrocarpa and Pachira pustilifera. Now I think the labels of my plants posted may be wrong.

Interesting and confusing too................................ Dr Satish Phadke

efi page: Pachira aquatica

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[Aarti S. Khale]

Adding a fruit seen yesterday on the same tree.

There were quite a few flowers too.

Saw the fruit for the first time.

Aarti

[J.M. Garg]

Thanks, Aarti ji, for the beautiful images. 

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[Aarti S. Khale]

Garg Ji,

Saw another fruit yesterday which was completely visible.

Regards,

Aarti 

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Thanks, Aarti ji 

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