Ghost Tree (Sterculia urens) Flowering

[Mangesh Deherkar]

Near Badlapur Maharastra

On 17th FEB 2008

 

 

 

regards

Mangesh Deherkar

[Neil Soares]

Hi Mangesh,
Great pictures of the Ghost tree, but what you
have labelled as the flowers are actually the fruit.
Please do not attempt to touch them as they are
covered with extremely small stinging hair.
With regards,
Neil Soares.

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[J.M. Garg]

Lovel inf., Neil ji.

But why is it called a Ghost tree?

 

Here is a link of use of GUM KARAYA (Sterculia Gum) in Food & Pharmaceutical industry: http://www.willy-benecke.com/karaya_f.htm

 

For my Birds, Butterflies, Trees, Lanscape pictures etc., visit  http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/J.M.Garg

[Deepa Mohan]

On Feb 20, 2008 8:33 AM, J.M. Garg <jmg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Lovel inf., Neil ji.
> But why is it called a Ghost tree?

I was told by the guide at Kanha National Park that it is so called
because the white bark gives a ghostly appearance in the moonlight.

Deepa.

[Pravin Kawale]

Hi,

Sterculia Urens is a tree with white bark

during  night time it looks brighter on dark background

 as a someone  is standing  like ghost in the forest ,so it is

called Ghost tree.
May I right  ?

Thanks.

[Neil Soares]

Hi Deepa & Pravin,
Spot on! Thanks for answering the question.
Regards,
Neil.

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[satish phadke]

During night in a deciduous phase the white barked tree also appears inverted... as if roots are up and branches down like a ghost

[satish phadke]

My photograph of Sterculia Urens fruits and flowers.
Taken at NDA campus Pune in March 2006

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Dr. Satish Phadke