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.

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.

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

Theobroma (ThursdayTreeLove)

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.

Stopping in my tracks (ThursdayTreeLove)

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.

🙂

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.

I am joining Parul in her ThursdayTreeLove bloghop.

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Talking Tree (ThursdayTreeLove)

We always wonder how many stories trees would have to share if only they could talk.

I came across this tree that does indeed tell a story and is in the town of Waterford in Wales.

Its a carving on a 23 foot long entire Douglas Fir tree that was uprooted in a storm.

My images do no justice but will definitely give you an idea.

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This post is part of Parul ‘s bloghop!