7. Firmiana colorata (Scarlet Sterculia)

Botanical Name: Firmiana colorata (Roxb.) R.Br. [Malvaceae / ex-Sterculiaceae]

Common Name: Scarlet Sterculia, Koushi (कौशी) in Marathi, Pinj in hindi

Location found: Charkop Sector 8, Kandivali west, Mumbai, Maharashtra

Koushi is a very interesting tree because every season it shows different appearance. During summer, it is in full bloom with scarlet red flowers. After the flowering stage, the fruiting stage creates beautiful shades of reds, pink, gold and silver. Late summer, new leaves start coming, and tree is full of reddish, greenish , deep brownish shades of tender leaves. In Monsoon, the tree is fully green and starts to show a mature green colour. This stage remains till winter, after which it starts shading the leaves and becomes fully leafless to bloom with scarlet red flowers again.

Everything about a tree is exquisitely beautiful if one looks closely, and with Koushi tree this beauty is exemplified. Flower and development of fruits and fruits are some of the most beautiful and strange looking things in Tree world.

The Tree

The Leaves

The Flower

The Fruit

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91. Lumnitzera racemosa

Botanical Name: Lumnitzera racemosa Willd. [Combreataceae] Common Name: Black Mangrove, किर्पा kirpa (Marathi) Lumnitzera , named after the German botanist, Stephan Lumnitzer (1750-1806) Distribution: Mangrove habitat of Western coasts, Eastern coasts of India, Bangladesh, Indonesia Places observed: Talzan, Charkop-Mumbai Flowering Class: Dicot Habitat: Mangrove Habit: Shrub or small Tree Flowering and Fruiting: Flowering June to October-November, Fruiting: December to March along with sparse flowering The Plant Stem Young stem is reddish For older trees, the bark is grey and fissured longitudinally Leaves Leaves are sessile. Alternately arranged on the stem. Simple , 3-7 cm long and 2-3 cm wide in size , Succulent and have Serrated Margin. The shape of the leaf is obovate and at the tip there is a notch. Flowers Flowers in leaf axils in small spike. Flowers are white in colour, the calyx is green and tube like. The calyx is divided into 5 sma

6. Catunaregam spinosa

Botanical Name: Catunaregam spinosa [Rubiaceae - Coffee family] Common Name: Location found: Charkop Sector 8, Kandivali West, Mumbai, Maharashtra This is a small tree. Many times it grows like a shrub. Only in favourable sunny conditions and a good spacious environment, it grows to be a tree like structure. The Tree The Leaves The Flower The Fruit

87. Tetrameles nudiflora

Botanical Name: Tetrameles nudiflora R. Br. [Tetramelaceae] Common Name: False Hemp Tree , Bhendsa , Bhend Distribution: Maharashtra- western ghats (Khandala, Tungareshwar), Pune, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Thane Karnataka: Dandeli,Coorg, N. Kanara Kerala:Idukki, Kasaragod, Kollam, Malapuram, Palakkad, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wynad Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore Assam, Meghalaya; Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Australia Flowering Class: Dicot Habit: Large, buttressed, deciduous tree Habitat: Evergreen, semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests Flowering and Fruiting: March to May The Plant Branches Stem Bark Buttressed roots Leaves Flower Fruit

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