Bombacacae for Id

Rakesh Biswas

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Jul 6, 2010, 1:17:43 PM7/6/10

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Huge tree in the banks of upper Bhopal lake with white flowers (more like bombax ceiba). Unfortunately we got the dried flowers in the attached picture but the stem is thornless (unlike bombax ceiba) and the fruits (in the picture) look quite different from those of bombax ceiba as well.

Will be grateful for id.

regards,

rakesh

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Dinesh Valke

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Jul 6, 2010, 1:27:17 PM7/6/10

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Rakesh ji ... the fruits look like that of the baobab, Adansonia digitata.
Regards.

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Rakesh Biswas

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Jul 6, 2010, 1:46:09 PM7/6/10

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Thanks Dinesh Ji, Even we hit on Baobab after going through the new tree id feature in 'Flowers of India' but then the stem didn't look like a Baobab but is it possible that this is a young tree?

regards, rakesh

Dinesh Valke

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Jul 6, 2010, 1:51:12 PM7/6/10

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Rakesh ji,

Hoping some fan of Baobab trees throws light in this regard ... may be some related species, that is, some other species of Adansonia.
Please wait for comments.

Regards.

Padmini Raghavan

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Jul 6, 2010, 2:09:43 PM7/6/10

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I am attaching my pics of a huge Baobab with its fresh and dried flowers and BUDS (which look like fruit.)

At my Alma Mater, Madras Medical College, Chennai.

Pics taken on July 3rd 2010, so they are just starting to flower here.

Cheers,

Padmini Raghavan.

On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 10:47 PM, Rakesh Biswas <rakesh...@gmail.com> wrote:

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Rakesh Biswas

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Jul 6, 2010, 10:05:54 PM7/6/10

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Thanks a lot Padmini Ji for this remarkable insight.

regards,

rakesh

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Dinesh Valke

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Jul 6, 2010, 10:28:21 PM7/6/10

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Ah yes, Padmini ... mistook the buds in Rakesh ji's photo for fruits !!!
Regards.

tanay bose

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Jul 6, 2010, 11:53:22 PM7/6/10

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The specific epithet digitata refers to the fingers of a hand, which the five leaflets (typically) in each cluster bring to mind. Which can well be seen in your photo hence A digitata.
Tanay

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