Millingtonia hortensis (Akash Neem) pod

[J.M. Garg]

Again a wonderful fragrance giving tree in Hyderabad on 21/3/09.
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[ajinkya gadave]

hello
this is very rare to see Millingtonia hortensis (Akash Neem) pod
first time i saw this pod in my botanical life thank you very much for showing this rare photo in our city (pune) i naver saw this pod before. very beautiful thank you very much   

[Sushmita Jha]

Just to share some memories...

Shantiniketan (West Bengal) campus has an avenue along the mangoe orchard lined with Millingtonia hortensis. It was Tagore's favourite tree/flower. I still remember from my school days there, the fragrance-filled air, but never noticed any pods - not that i was conscious of nature so minutely. And I remember cork trees often being the first victims of storms in my childhood days in North Indian cantonements.

Sushmita Jha

[J.M. Garg]

Thanks, Sushmita ji for interesting inf.

More details from Indiantreepix Database:

Millingtonia hortensis

Bignoniaceae

akashjai, indian cork tree, Tree Jasmine, Neem Chameli, Akash neem

Jamwa Ramgarh Road, Jaipur on 23/11/2007;

http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Indian%20Cork%20Tree.html

akashjai - indiantreepix | Google Groups

The Cork Tree

http://www.leestropicals.com/mihoincotr.html

a plant for identification - indiantreepix | Google Groups

Akash neem - indiantreepix | Google Groups

2009/5/8 Sushmita Jha <sushmi...@gmail.com>