Lamiaceae & Verbenaceae Week: VERBENACEAE Trees UD 7102011 Unknown possibly Citharexylum spinosum
ushadi Micromini
Lamiaceae & Verbenaceae Week: VERBENACEAE Trees UD 7 10 2011 Unknown possibly Citharexylum spinosum
Dear all:
Submitting Tree for
definitive id
Possibly this is Species: * Citharexylum spinosum *
Family: Verbenaceae
Photographed in June 2011
Site: Residential suburb, South Kolkata
Tree ID: Possibly Citharexylum spinosum
My ID is based on reading up following posting recently by Raman ji from Bangalore See thread Similar pictures
at url : http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/ec0fd4a4960d409f
These photographs are taken from my balcony about 70 feet
away..
with a zoom lens on a sony prosumer camera, handheld..
Close up of the flowers is not available YET….
In the first picture the background id provided by a Peltoforum,
leaves turning dark, and copper pods are getting
bigger.
The foreground tree is a
mangifera.
The middle tree is the one in
question….
It is about 20 feet tall, with light grey to dark bark, no prominent furrows etc...
Leaves are elliptic-oblong, about 5-7 inches long, plain (non serrated ) margins.
All three trees are about 25 to 30 years old…
I SHALL GREATLY APPRECIATE INPUTS FROM THE EXPERTS…
THANKS
Usha di
ushadi Micromini
for id of this tree....
Usha di
Yes, indeed it is Citharexylum spinosum. We call it 'Parijatam' in
Malayalam. Very fragrant flowers. I have it in my garden. Attracts a
lot of butterflies and bees. Easy to propagate from cuttings.
Regards,
Sandhya
On Jul 10, 7:52 am, ushadi Micromini <microminipho...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> *Lamiaceae & Verbenaceae Week: VERBENACEAE Trees UD 7 10 2011 Unknown
> possibly Citharexylum spinosum*
>
> *
> *
>
> Dear all:
>
> Submitting Tree for definitive id
>
> Possibly this is Species: * Citharexylum spinosum *
>
> Family: Verbenaceae
>
> Photographed in June 2011
>
> Site: Residential suburb, South Kolkata
>
> Tree ID: Possibly Citharexylum spinosum**
>
> My ID is based on reading up following posting recently by Raman ji from
> Bangalore See thread Similar pictures
>
>
> These photographs are taken from my balcony about 70 feet away..
>
> with a zoom lens on a sony prosumer camera, handheld..
>
> Close up of the flowers is not available YET….
>
> In the first picture the background id provided by a Peltoforum,
>
> leaves turning dark, and copper pods are getting bigger.
>
> The foreground tree is a mangifera.
>
> The middle tree is the one in question….
>
> It is about 20 feet tall, with light grey to dark bark, no prominent furrows
> etc...
>
> Leaves are elliptic-oblong, about 5-7 inches long, plain (non serrated )
> margins.
>
> All three trees are about 25 to 30 years old…
>
> I SHALL GREATLY APPRECIATE INPUTS FROM THE EXPERTS…
>
> THANKS
>
> Usha di
>
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> VERBENACEAE Trees UD 7 10 2011 DSC02698 Selected flowerspike and old young leaves.jpg
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