A khatta-meetha take on life around me through my presbiopic eyes!
Just like us humans, I think plants too have relatives as in ‘Cousins’ .. I always refer to plants that belong to the same Genus but different specific epithets as being related as ‘Cousins’!
Lets meet the Albizia amara today.. this one lives on the Vetal Tekdi in Pune.
This post is part of Parul‘s ThursdayTreeLove blog hop.
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.
The Chincha or Tamarind or Imli is wearing its beautiful coat of fresh feathery green leaves. In the blazing heat, it is soothing to the eyes and its shade is cool respite to anyone out on the roads during the day.
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Its part of Parul‘s ThursdayTreeLove bloghop.
A stately tree that grows on Pune hills and the plains around the city as well.
I saw many trees in full bloom in the Maval area all buzzing with lots of bees.
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A post on the usual red flowered Seemal to follow the yellow bombax!!
Here is the Silk Cotton Tree/Shyamali aka Bombax ceiba of the Malvaceae family.
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This post is not about tree plantation rather about a drive that I went on just to see an Bombax ceiba with yellow flowers.
Yes,, yellow and not red/pink.
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A wonderfully imposing Peepal standing alone and tall in a parking lot in Pune. Being leafless actually added to its beauty!!
“Ancient trees are precious. There is little else on Earth that plays host to such a rich community of life within a single living organism” Sir David Attenborough
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A familiar tree but some new story related to it!
The Ficus religiosa of Pimpal or Peepal.
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