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Unique (ThursdayTreeLove)

Our first tree spotting car drive of the year. We did not have to go very far of Pune, and the destination was the lovely Yellow Palash or Yellow Flame of the Forest.

An elusive, very uncommon tree endemic to our region. We all know the Red Flame of the Forest or Butea monosperma. This is Butea monosperma var lutea .. both of the Fabaceae family.

As it turns out, I was late and blooming was past its full glory. I did manage to see few flowers.

Here they are

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This post is part of Parul ‘s ThursdayTreeLove bloghop.

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Standing Proud (ThursdayTreeLove)

Recently i had to drive on the Expressway near Chandani Chowk …the area alongside the road is now a jungle of steel, concrete and glass. Hardly any greenery …and just as I was bemoaning this fact…

This glorious Bombax ceiba (aka Seemal or Shalmali) stood tall and proud and in full bloom against all odds.  It’s called Sawar in Marathi and belongs to the Malvaceae family. 

It was such a heartening sight. 

Here is the tree from my window…

(I was a passenger in the car)

As the mindless so called development continues, Nature finds a way to survive. 

Here is a link to a video of this tree on blogger.


I am joining Parul in her ThursdayTreeLove bloghop. Do head over to see fantastic trees from around the world. Better still, join in. 

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Old Treasure (ThursdayTreeLove)

This is a magnificent Camphor tree that has its home at the Company Baug in Amritsar.

Obviously very old, the trunk was in 6 parts but 3 of them seemed to have dried out. The others were healthy and I seemed to be the only one wanting to photograph the tree!

Here is the Cinnamomum camphora of Lauraceae family.

For more of my photos of the lovely tree and my original post, click here. It is part of Parul’s ThursdayTreeLove blog hop.

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Chestnut (ThursdayTreeLove)

Here is a handsome tree that does not grow in Pune but some of its cousins do grow in northern parts of India.

Without much ado, meet the Horse Chestnut that I saw growing along avenues in Paris. They were massive trees with digitate leaves and were in bloom in May when we visited.

I could not identify to the last detail but suffice that they belong to the Aesculus genus.

Here they are

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This is part of Parul’s ThursdayTreeLove blog hop.

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Red Glory (ThursdayTreeLove)

Here is a tree from my travels… one that had red foliage in the month of May. I always thought that trees in the temperate climates had these glorious colours in autumn.

But this was an exception I guess.

Here is the lovely Fagus sylvatica ‘Atropunica‘ that I saw in the Luxemborg Garden in Paris.

Click here to read the full post and for more images of this lovely tree!

This post is part of Parul’s ThursdayTreeLove blog hop.

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