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mani nair

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Dec 25, 2010, 2:15:23 AM12/25/10
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Dear friends,

Sending photos of  Indian Cork tree.

Common name :  Indian Cork tree, tree jasmine
Botanical name : Millingtonia hortensis 
Family              : Bignoniaceae
Place               : Anand Sagar, Shegaon, Buldhana Dt. Maharashtra
Date/time          : 28.12.10  10 a.m.

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Mani.
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mani nair

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Dec 25, 2010, 2:18:36 AM12/25/10
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Here is one more photo of the tree which is more clear.

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Mani.

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mani nair

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Dec 25, 2010, 2:34:59 AM12/25/10
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Here is one more photo of the tree.
Regards,
Mani.

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tanay bose

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Dec 25, 2010, 2:42:15 AM12/25/10
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Etymology of the name Millingtonia hortensis 
Millingtonia-  after Thomas Millington, English Botanist 
hortensis- grown in garden.

http://toptropicals.com/html/toptropicals/articles/trees/millingtonia.htm

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mani nair

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Dec 25, 2010, 3:27:24 AM12/25/10
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Thanks Tanay ji for the info.
Regards,
Mani.

Mahadeswara

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Dec 25, 2010, 6:42:08 AM12/25/10
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Most common tree in South india , especially in Chennai and Mysore .
It flowers twice during the year.

On Dec 25, 1:27 pm, mani nair <mani.na...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Tanay ji for the info.
> Regards,
> Mani.
>
> On Sat, Dec 25, 2010 at 1:12 PM, tanay bose <tanaybos...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Etymology of the name Millingtonia hortensis
>
> > Millingtonia-  after Thomas Millington, English Botanist
> > hortensis- grown in garden.
>
> >http://toptropicals.com/html/toptropicals/articles/trees/millingtonia...
>
> > Tanay
>
> > On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 11:34 PM, mani nair <mani.na...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> Here is one more photo of the tree.
> >> Regards,
> >> Mani.
>
> > --
> > *Tanay Bose*

Nidhan Singh

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Dec 25, 2010, 6:44:29 AM12/25/10
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Also occasionally found in Haryana, known locally as Akash Neem.
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Padmini Raghavan

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Dec 25, 2010, 1:26:42 PM12/25/10
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Hi,
Here are my recent pics, taken at Bangalore.
Cheers,
Padmini Raghavan.

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Inderjeet Sethi

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Dec 26, 2010, 12:07:16 AM12/26/10
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I have seen this tree in Bangalore as Avenue tree.
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