milletia peguensis

Mohina Macker

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Feb 27, 2011, 7:54:20 AM2/27/11

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I am posting some images of milletia peguensis which i had taken last year in chandigarh around this time.

It is a popular tree in some of the northern sectors

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mohina macker

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Smita Raskar

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Feb 27, 2011, 11:31:38 AM2/27/11

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Beauuuuutiful... I love trees blooming like this :):)

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Pinki

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Feb 27, 2011, 11:27:03 PM2/27/11

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i have a very interesting story about this tree. i did my PhD from
Panjab University, Chandigarh. Behind the Botany Department there is a
long double row (about 500 meters) of these fully grown trees. as the
trees are planted closely they form a very shady tract amongst them.
so you can find some 'love birds' sitting in the shades to catch some
private moments. so one of my very senior (he was a research associate
at that time) named the plant as "COUPLE PLANT" and he would often use
this name to describe the location and the tree with so serious of
expressions that a new student would take it to be correct but then he
would utter out the explanation and......

Alok

On Feb 27, 8:31 am, Smita Raskar <smita.ras...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Beauuuuutiful... I love trees blooming like this :):)
>

Smita Raskar

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Feb 27, 2011, 11:44:32 PM2/27/11

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Cute use of beautiful tree :):)

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