Fabaceae - Mimosoideae ( Mimosaceae) Week :: Albizia richardiana from Mumbai

[Aarti S. Khale]

A huge tree seen during the 'Tree Appreciation Walk' at Parsi Colony, Five Gardens, Mumbai in April, 2011.

It was so huge...I was not carrying my zoom lens so could not get any closer.

Aarti 

[Gurcharan Singh]

Thanks Aarti ji for showing another unique plant

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[prasad dash]

New for me. thanks  a lot Arti mam for showing us he diversity in Albizia. this is another very neat distant shot

Regards

prasad

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Ecologist, Orissa, India
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[Prashant Awale]

Nice upload Aarti ji. Thanks.
Regards
Prashant

[Dinesh Valke]

Another new plant for me. Many thanks Aarti ji.
Regards.
Dinesh

[H S]

yes very nice photos, there are 3-4 trees in five garden (Dadar, Mumbai), unique feature to id the plant is stem is yellow in colour..

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 - H.S.

A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, - a mere heart of stone

[H S]

i mean yellowish

[Madhuri Raut]

very nice pics Aarti ji. It must have been a great sight to watch the huge tree

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Regards

Dr.Bhagyashri Ranade

[Aarti S. Khale]

Dear all,
Thanks for the encouraging words.
Dinesh ji, Prashant ji, next time I'm in town be ready, we'll go tree
hunting at Parsi Colony.
Aarti

On Jan 7, 10:54 am, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Aarti ji for showing another unique plant
>
> --
> 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: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/

[Ushadi micromini]

AArti ... nice pictures witha short lens...

but tell me...how does one know its ID...
are there labels on trees that a taxonomist studied and
identified...???

Usha di
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[Aarti S. Khale]

Usha di,
As I have stated earlier, there is a group known as 'Tree Appreciation
Group' (TAW) in Mumbai.
Some from this group are members on eflora too.
I had the pleasure of attending just one of their outings as I'm
usually not in Mumbai.
A list of trees to be seen is circulated in advance, & then each one
is shown & more information given about it.
It is generally a two hours walk.
Dr Usha Desai, Renee Vyas are some of the members I know & they know
the trees very well.They are eflora members as well.
Aarti

On Jan 8, 10:52 am, Ushadi micromini <microminipho...@gmail.com>
wrote:

[H S]

no mam, there is no label on the tree, its a old tree and recorded earlier by the taxonomist who did their ph.d. on the trees of the Mumbai, hence the identity passed on also to the common people w, and also the tree flowers and fruits every year, which used for identification by the experts..

[ushadi Micromini]

AArti: I had forgotten about the group membership there,
and WOW... I do envy you...
makes me wistful...  I wish we had a knowledgeable preferably a botanist .. who was leading these walks...

when we go on a tree walk... sometimes its me... who ends up leading.. which is not ideal... and its not a learning experience for me... and I think I know very little...  certainly not taxonomy...

we need to get organized in Calcutta... and need a leader...  we may wish to duplicate your group's model here...

usha di...

[Ushadi micromini]

So HS can one save seeds for me from this tree?
Usha di
ps can you?
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On Jan 8, 1:12 pm, H S <hemsan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> no mam, there is no label on the tree, its a old tree and recorded earlier
> by the taxonomist who did their ph.d. on the trees of the Mumbai, hence the
> identity passed on also to the common people w, and also the tree flowers
> and fruits every year, which used for identification by the experts..
>

> On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 12:22 PM, Ushadi micromini <microminipho...@gmail.com

[J.M. Garg]

There seems to be two different species of Albizia richardiana as below:

1. As per GRIN:

Albizia richardiana King & Prain

= Albizia niopoides (Spruce ex Benth.) Burkart (Cultivated in India)

As per ILDIS: Albizia niopoides var. niopoides syn. Albizia richardiana King & Prain²- range not shown in India but in Mauritius(I)⁶

2. As per ILDIS: Albizia richardiana (Voigt) King & Prain

- Introduced in India (UP & WB)

May be somebody clarify which out of these two is the posted species.

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