Malvaceae week :: Ceiba pentandra
Dinesh Valke
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SAY-buh -- Latinized form of the South American name for this tree
pen-TAN-druh -- bearing five stamens
Dec 17, 2006 at Vaghbil, Thane
commonly known as: true kapok tree, white silk cotton tree • Bengali: schwetsimul • Gujarati: સફેદ શીમળો safed shimlo • Hindi: सफेद सावरा safed savara, सफेद सेमुल safed semul, शाल्मलि shalmali • Malayalam: പഞ്ഞിമരം panjimaram, ശീമപ്പൂള siimappuula • Marathi: सफेत सावरा safeta savara • Sanskrit: श्वेत शालमली shweta shalmali • Tamil: பஞ்சித்தணக்கு panji tannaku, ல்மலி shalmali • Telugu: తెల్ల బూరుగ tella buruga • Urdu: سيمل semal, شالملي shalmali
Native to: tropical America, cultivated elsewhere
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... Jan 6, 2007 at Vaghbil, Thane
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... Feb 17, 2007 near Sabarimalai, Kerala
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... Mar 21, 2008 at Vaghbil, Thane
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... Jan 7, 2007 along Kolshet Road, Thane
- ... more views: http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=91314344%40N00&q=Ceibapentandra&m=tags
Regards.
Dinesh
Gurcharan Singh
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Ushadi micromini
fall ... all wrinkled up....
what is the red one called...
Usha di
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On Sep 8, 1:58 pm, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> wrote:
> *Ceiba pentandra * (L.) Gaertn.
>
> - *SAY-buh* -- Latinized form of the South American name for this tree
> *pen-TAN-druh* -- bearing five stamens
>
> [image: Shweta Shalmali (Sanskrit: श्वेत
> शालमली)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdi...>
> Dec 17, 2006 at Vaghbil, Thane
>
> *commonly known as*: true kapok tree, white silk cotton tree • *Bengali*:
> schwetsimul • *Gujarati*: સફેદ શીમળો safed shimlo • *Hindi*: सफेद सावरा
> safed savara, सफेद सेमुल safed semul, शाल्मलि shalmali • *Malayalam*:
> പഞ്ഞിമരം panjimaram, ശീമപ്പൂള siimappuula • *Marathi*: सफेत सावरा safeta
> savara • *Sanskrit*: श्वेत शालमली shweta shalmali • *Tamil*: பஞ்சித்தணக்கு
> panji tannaku, ல்மலி shalmali • *Telugu*: తెల్ల బూరుగ tella buruga • *Urdu*:
> سيمل semal, شالملي shalmali
>
> *Native to*: tropical America, cultivated elsewhere
>
> - [image: Thorn on
> Ceiba]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdi...>...
> Jan 6, 2007 at Vaghbil, Thane
> - [image: The Kapok
> tree]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdi...>...
> Feb 17, 2007 near Sabarimalai, Kerala
> - [image: Siimappuula (Malayalam:
> ശീമപ്പൂള)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdi...>...
> Mar 21, 2008 at Vaghbil, Thane
> - [image: White silk-cotton
> pods]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdi...>...
> Jan 7, 2007 along Kolshet Road, Thane
> - ... more views:
> http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=91314344%40N00&q=Ceibapentandra&m=tags
>
> Regards.
> Dinesh
Dinesh Valke
The bloom color ranges from pink, pale yellow, white, near white ... Dave's Garden, Flowers of India ... have seen them red in some of the search results on internet.
Regards.
Dinesh
