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Old Friend (ThursdayTreeLove)

Agatti Island which is part of the Lakshadweep Islands in the Arabian Sea was the destination of a Cruise we took.

I was expecting ‘new to me’ plant species but I was surprised to meet many old friends . Thespesia populnea grew at many places and this particular one was very impressive even from a distance.

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This is part of Parul‘s ThursdayTreeLove bloghop.

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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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