request for ID GMR141109PLANT Borivli west suburbs of Mumbai MAH

[Geeta Rane]

Greetings,

Attached some snaps of white flower first attracted my attention, alongwith pix of trunk, leafpattern.

It is the tall tree in the residential campus duly concreted on the ground.

Please ID the plant,will be able to take more pix if required for ID.

date: 14th November, 2009

Place: Residential campus in Borivali west of suburbs of Mumbai,Maharashtra

size of flower: total 9 cm & color of flower is white; has mild fragrance.

Hope this helps,

Thanks

Regards,
--
geeta rane
Mumbai

[Neil Soares]

Hi Geeta,   It is the Indian Cork Tree [Millingtonia hortensis].                         With regards,                           Neil Soares. --- On Fri, 11/20/09, Geeta Rane <hobb...@gmail.com> wrote:

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[Dr. Pankaj Kumar]

Millingtonia hortensis (Bignoniaceae)

[Satish Phadke]

Millingtonia hortensis Family: Bignoniaceae (मराठी : बूच)

2009/11/20 Geeta Rane <hobb...@gmail.com>

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[Swapna Prabhu]

Don't remember where have I read or heard, but the other name in marathi is "aakash - jaai".

- Swapna

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[Adittya Dharap]

Hi,   The reference you have mentioned is from 'Vrukshagaan' by Dr.Sharadini Dahanukar. She mentions two more names - 'Gagan Jai' & 'Akash Nim"   regards   Adittya Dharap --- On Sat, 11/21/09, Swapna Prabhu <swapna...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Dinesh Valke]

... a native of Myanmar ... commonly known as: Indian cork tree, tree jasmine • Hindi: नीम चमेली neem chameli • Kannada: ಆಕಾಶ ಮಲ್ಲಿಗೆ akasha mallige, ಬಿರಟುಮರ biratumara • Konkani: आकासनिम्ब akasnimb  • Malayalam: കടെസമ് katesam • Marathi: आकाश चमेली akash chameli, बुच buch, कावळ निम्ब kaval nimb  • Oriya: ବକେନୀ bakeni, ମଚ୍ ମଚ୍ mach-mach • Tamil: கட் மல்லீ kat-malli • Telugu: కవుకీ kavuki

 

 

Regards.

[Narendra Joshi]

The long white needle like fragrant flowers are of Indian Cork tree. The wood of the tree bark is soft and used in making corks (of lower quality),   Thanks!   Narendra Joshi

--- On Fri, 11/20/09, Geeta Rane <hobb...@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Geeta Rane <hobb...@gmail.com> Subject: [indiantreepix:23576] request for ID GMR141109PLANT Borivli west suburbs of Mumbai MAH To: "indiantreepix" <indian...@googlegroups.com> Date: Friday, November 20, 2009, 10:23 PM

[nabha meghani]

And i think it has a very pleasent smell?

Regards

Nalini

[mani nair]

Dear friends,

Why it is called a cork tree? anything to do with cork?

Mani.

[Mahendra Prasad]

Hi Mani,

 

Perhaps you missed Narendra Joshi's post ( indiantreepix :23594 ) in answer to your query.     

 

 

Re: [indiantreepix:23594] request for ID GMR141109PLANT Borivli west suburbs of Mumbai MAH

Sat, 21 November, 2009 12:29:02 PM

From:		Narendra Joshi <nare...@yahoo.com>
The long white needle like fragrant flowers are of Indian Cork tree. The wood of the tree bark is soft and used in making corks (of lower quality),         -       Narendra Joshi

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From: mani nair <mani....@gmail.com>
To: nabha meghani <nabha-...@gmx.de>
Cc: Swapna Prabhu <swapna...@gmail.com>; Satish Phadke <phadke...@gmail.com>; Geeta Rane <hobb...@gmail.com>; indiantreepix <indian...@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Sat, 21 November, 2009 6:05:04 PM
Subject: Re: [indiantreepix:23622] request for ID GMR141109PLANT Borivli west suburbs of Mumbai MAH

Dear friends,

Why it is called a cork tree? anything to do with cork?

Mani.

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