Cochlospermum religiosum

[satish phadke]

Cochlospermum religiosum (In Marathi Sonsawar or Ganer)
Info about flowering trees These trees are flowering on hills near Pune for last one month..

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Dr. Satish Phadke

[J.M. Garg]

Lovely pictures, Satish ji. Here are a few attachments of trunk & close-up of flowers, taken by me last in March in Kolkata.

Here is a link for this tree: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?105271

 

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Dr. Satish Phadke
For learning about our trees & plants, please visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en

[satish phadke]

Resending the yellow silk cotton for those who have not seen

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Dr. Satish Phadke

[Barry Stock]

Satish, thanks for posting these. I have a Cochlospermum growing at my house. I do not know what species it is, as they are quite similar across continents, and difficult to tell one from another. Mine does have reddish, flaky bark. The seed came from a person in South Africa who said the trees was not native, but that people were very fond of them, and were outraged when the government tried to cut them down in a non-native tree eradication program. It has been flowering for several weeks:

http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2964250190035088639ToAFMb

http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2090561480035088639FnMMIi

Best Wishes,

Barry Stock

Hollywood, Florida, USA

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[satish phadke]

Lovely closeups and other pictures Barry.
These trees are seen on small hills around my city-Pune, Maharashtra,India.
It produces brinjal like fruits. People have made attempts to plant these in their gardens but rarely were successful. The spread is natural I suppose.It is interesting to see one in your garden.
Thanks for sharing
Satish

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[Mahadeswara Swamy]

Beautiful photographs of Cochlospermum religiosum (yellow silk cotton)! I enjoyed seeing the photographs.
Dr. Mahadeswara swamy

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Resending the yellow silk cotton for those who have not seen

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Cochlospermum religiosum (In Marathi Sonsawar or Ganer)
Info about flowering trees These trees are flowering on hills near Pune for last one month..

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Dr. Satish Phadke

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Dr. Satish Phadke

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[satish phadke]

The fruits of Yellow silk cotton are overripe and the pods are open and ready for the seed dispersal by wind........its cotton seeds.
Pictures taken from Vetal Tekdi Pune 11 Apr 2009.
Satish

2008/2/5 satish phadke <phadke...@gmail.com>

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