Trees of Bangalore - RA - Gmelina arborea - White Kashmir Teak Tree - Gamhar

[raman]

Gamhar is a beautiful fast growing deciduous tree occurring naturally throughout greater part of India up to 1500 m. It is a fast growing tree, which though grows on different localities and prefers moist fertile valleys with 750-4500 mm rainfall. It does not thrive on ill drained soils and remains stunted on dry, sandy or poor soils; drought also reduces it to a shrubby form. The tree attains moderate to large height up to 30 m with girth of 1.2 to 4.5 m with a clear bole of 9-15 m. It is a treat to see the gamhar tree standing straight with clear bole having branches on top and thick foliage forming a conical crown on the top of the tall stem. Bark light grey coloured exfoliating in light coloured patches when old, blaze thick, a chlorophyll layer just under the outer bark, pale yellow white inside. Flowering takes place during February to April when the tree is more or less leafless whereas fruiting starts from May onwards up to June. Flowers occur in narrow branching clusters at the end of branches. The yellow flower, tinged with brown, is trumpet shaped, 3-4 cm long. The trumpets flare open into a gaping mouth with 5 distinct lobes.

Its blooming Now

Raman

[raman]

[Satish Phadke]

This one is native Indian tree
Now in Lamiaceae.
Beautiful flowers.

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Dr Satish Phadke

[Neha Singh]

Another very beautiful tree n a new for me.
Thanks for showing dis Raman ji.

[Nidhan Singh]

Very beautiful pics Raman Ji, the tree is majestic and when blooming, this looks superb....

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Regards,

Dr. Nidhan Singh
Department of Botany
I.B. (PG) College
Panipat-132103 Haryana
Ph.: 09416371227

[Prasad Dash]

Great Catch Raman Ji. Thanks for the beautiful display of the flowers through ur lens

Regards

Prasad

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Prasad Kumar Dash
Ecologist, Odisha, India
email: prasad....@gmail.com
ph. 09437444241