Malvaceae week 0905 - 9112011 UD 032 Pterygota alata and 033 Pterygota alata var irregularis

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ushadi Micromini

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Sep 11, 2011, 2:07:22 PM9/11/11
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Malvaceae week 0905 - 9112011 UD 032 Pterygota alata and 033  Pterygota  alata var. irregularis


 Dear ALL:


Submitting an interesting tree and its variant …


Family:              Malvaceae


Subfamily:               Sterculioideae


Genus:                                Pterygota


Species                 1:  Pterygota    alata

                                 2: Pterygota alata  var. irregularis

 

These trees grow very tall, have the typical  sterculoid leaves… and both develop the seed pod that’s called the Boddha’s coconut …  



#1:  , the regular p. alata  happens to be deciduous….looses all its leaves, being the tallest it provides a look out perch for the vultures…

 

After some years of dwindling number they had disappeared for a few years… reappearing  to nest in the victoria memorial gardens in Kolkata… and vicinity…

And they used to perch on three pterygota alata trees we have there… we use to go and count through the seacon.. to assure ourselves that they were there to stay…

They are in figure 6 and 7… towards end of spring in April.

 

#2  : The most interesting Pterygota is the PAGLA  gachh… or the mad tree…  so called because None of its leaves match each other, each one is different…

And its not deciduous… you’ll notice in the pictures that 20 percent or so leaves are turning brown… ready to fall…

 These digital pics are from 2007 fig 1, 2) and 2011 (fig 3 and 4) all from the Hort gardens… see the label /Placard has changed… and fig number 5 is from Kolkata Bot G,  beginning of summer   each. 



enjoy, Usha di


 

1 Pterygota alata var Irregularis Pagla gaachh 1 Green label Hort 002 in 2007 sm.jpg
2 Pterygota alata var Irregularis Pagla gaachh 2 Hort 003 in 2007 sm LEAVES.jpg
3 Pterygota Alata var irregularis 1 new white LABEL Pagla Gach Hort May 011 DSC02269 (1) sm.jpg
4 Pterygota Alata var Irregularis 2 Pagla Gach Hort May 011 DSC02269 (3) sm ballons red flower bud blue seed capsule last yr.jpg
5 Pterygota alata var Irregularis 3 Pagla gaachh Kol Bot G July 002 sm Lvs Bark peaking through.jpg
6 Pterygota alata 1 no lvs labl neglected Vultures sitting vicmem 408 file (1) sm textballons nm.jpg
7 Pterygota alata 2 no lvs labl neglected Vultures sitting vicmem 408 file (3) sm baloon on seedpod shell.jpg

Madhuri Pejaver

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Sep 11, 2011, 2:59:49 PM9/11/11
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Could see the vultures and the Sterculia fruit adopted the shape of vulture.
Madhuri

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ushadi Micromini

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Sep 11, 2011, 3:04:41 PM9/11/11
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you think so?
 The fruit capsule is sooooo much smaller though ...
gosh...
:)
Usha di
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you us this late?

Tanay Bose

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Sep 11, 2011, 8:35:15 PM9/11/11
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Nice write up to clear the doubts 
Thanks Usha Di
Tanay
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ushadi Micromini

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Sep 12, 2011, 4:16:40 AM9/12/11
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Thanks Tanay, As I started to write it, your earlier comments and my response came up ... so, thanks to you this became so elaborate....

Usha di

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