A khatta-meetha take on life around me through my presbiopic eyes!
Today I have yet another tree from my Travels.
A beautiful tree that .. hold your breath… more than 400 years old!
Its the Robinia pseudoacacia that has its home in Paris at the Square Rene Viviani.
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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.
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.
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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 wonderful tree that literally stopped me in my tracks! And as I was crossing the road . This was in London but rest assured, I had sufficient time to stay back at the traffic signal and photograph it.
The Cigar Tree – That’s what I think it is!! Catalpa speciosa.
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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!!
Chocolate or cocoa is omnipresent in our lives. We use to as a gift or a treat or a comfort food or to reward ourselves or on a cheat day of a diet!
It is made from the fruit of the Theobroma cacao trees. Though an introduced speices in India it is widely cultivated in the state of Kerala.
Here are its flowers. You can read the entire post here.
A familiar tree but some new story related to it!
The Ficus religiosa of Pimpal or Peepal.
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How many times have you stopped or detoured just to see a tree? It often happens to me and my family are now used to my (apparently) random calls to stop the vehicle.
One such tree (more like a large shrub) caught my attention and stopped me in my tracks.
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This was on the curvy winding roads of Munnar. The tree was the Spiky Powder Puff
aka Calliandra calothyrsus of the Mimosaceae family.
Here it is.
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