Kleinhovia hospita L., Sp. Pl. (ed. 2) 2: 1365-1366 1365 1763.;
¿ KLINE-ho-we-uh ? -- named for Dr C Kleinhoff, German botanist in Dutch East India Company Services commonly known as: bataria teak, guest tree, kleinhovia, timanga tree Bengali: bola • Hindi: भोला bhola • Tamil: மரவகை maravakai, பூந்தேக்கு puntekku Native to: east Africa, southeast Asia; cultivated elsewhere ... flowers are pink, about 8 mm long, borne on panicles 20-40 cm long, terminating the branches. Fruit a rounded, 5-lobed, membranous capsule, 2-2.5 cm in diameter, loculicidally dehiscent, each locule 1-2-seeded. Seed globose, whitish, warty, exalbuminous. K. hospita flowers throughout the year. The fruits are more conspicuous than the flowers because of their abundance and size. Fruit production starts early, often in the third year after planting. Photographed at Bund Garden, Pune on 19.11.11. Is this Kleinhovia hospita ? Plz Id/ confirm. yes even i think its Kleinhovia hospita You are right. The flowering seems to be over. These are the typical balloon like fruits. Flowers are very beautiful too. ... is right these are young fruits flowers are very small pinkish look at ... photo on wiki
Guest Tree is an evergreen, bushy tree growing up to 20 m high, with a dense rounded crown and upright pink sprays of flowers and fruits. It grows from 8 to 15 m in height. The leaves are broadly ovate, and 10-20 cm long, with pointed tip, and heart-shaped base. The flowers are pink, about 8 mm long, and borne in panicles 20-40 cm long, terminating the branches. The fruit is a thin-walled, inflated capsule about 2 cm long. The young leaves are eaten as a green. The bast fiber is widely used for tying bundles. It is also made into rope which is used for tethering carabaos and horses, and for making halters. The rope is said to be durable during rainy weather. Dropbox Link Lalbagh, Bangalore - 14/12/2014 Young tree. Request ID. Thanks Kleinhovia hospita L. [Malvaceae]. It agree with ... and it is Kleinhovia hospita being monotypic yes Kleinhovia hospita I have shown several pics and I had even sent a fruit pod as a heart shaped quiz... for id .. for dun several years ago...the leaves are smaller than their potential. Is it not sterculiaceae member ? Yes, it is.
Bot. name: Kleinhovia hospita Family: Sterculiaceae Location: Mumbai. Kleinhovia hospita Sterculiaceae 20 Dec 2015 Pune Maharashtra. Ornamental Planted in private garden very beautiful flowers We have this in Kolkata as an avenue tree. yes nice flower picture, ... though we dont get them this strikingly pink in Kolkata Thanks ... I agree the flower looks more pink here partly due to camera option. Please be frank to tell me if the editing appears more exaggerated. if this is processed color then yes its exaggerated and come to think of it ... the capsule in the same picture is a bit too yellowish green. almost chutney green, and compared to the flower its large, tells me its a mature pod... may nay be should be truning brown by now.. . only you can say if that was the color in nature when you looked at it sans any camera .. i have always loved your post processing, but if colors get unnatural then you dont want it.. need a little more control over the RGB corrections.. Like in case of elmhertia flowers in my digital camera i have never been able to achieve that same reddish orange of the newly opened flower petals, handheld etc in natural light... only with neutral density filters or red color enhancing coated filters do i get the exact color on my camera screen that i see in nature. (with Kodachrome 64 or even 32 it was a pleasure to get the exact color, but those slides do change after 30 years, so i think may be digital with with some doctoring later may give us permanent color rendition) tricky business, the rgb channels... someone told me to do HDR but that was overshooting.. to my eyes they look like something out of the mad max movies, overly processed. so i am back to neutral density and polarizers... Are you shooting straight jpeg or Raw either followed by post process?No ... I myself had perceived that the editing made the flowers undue vibrant
SYMBIOSIS : 254: Attaching an image of a Wax dart butterfly on the flower of Kleinhovia hospita.
It was after dark, and begin to drizzle a bit, while walking past a darkened house... something fluttered to my feet... habits die hard... even in the faint cool drizzle.. had to stop and photograph it.... did not seem too promising, but looking at it at home, it seemed just the thing ..... Its a gift from MA Nature to me, and I figured I must share it with you all.... CAN YOU GUESS WHAT IS IT ( I have since then gone back and checked the tree... I now know its identity) and what tree gave it to us? THERE IS A PRIZE IN IT FOR YOU for guessing its ID CORRECTLY... Well, this is going to be a tough quiz, at least to me, without any clue. It looks more like a valve of dehisced capsule, something like in this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/shubhada_nikharge/5309163036/in/set-72157625586833475/ I am not sure, so I quit from the quiz... However, I got the 'price' 'in it'!! Thanks and...Happy Valentine's day! Can that be floral bracts of Flemingia?? Sans the mention of its size it may be a capsule of Kleinhovia tree. ANSWER IS : its a separated pod from the seedpods of Kleinhovia hospita. Its a popular street tree in parts of southern Calcutta. I am enclosing pictures from its companions. So, ... guess is correct... ... you get the virtual cake... or valentine's day chocolate (virtual of course) or as we are proud to pronounce it in Bengal... Vasant Panchami the Saraswati puja day is our day of new friendships and romance... a very happy Saraswati puja day to you and your better half.... I had Previously submitted a case of Kleinhovia hospita ((Malvaceae week 0905-9112011 UD 023 Kleinhovia hospita )) and there are many nice cases by members at efloraindia including ...etc
Kleinhovia hospita L. - Guest tree: Kleinhovia hospita L. - Guest tree seen fruiting at Rani Baug, Mumbai on 6 Feb.2011. Hospita means hospitable but as ' Trees of Mumbai ' states there is no record of it in literature.
Malvaceae week :: Kleinhovia hospita: Kleinhovia hospita L. ¿ KLINE-ho-we-uh ? -- named for Dr C Kleinhoff, German botanist in Dutch East India Company Services HOS-pih-ta -- hospitable, friendly [image: Kleinhovia hospita]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdi...> Jul 7, 2007 at Babasaheb Ambedkar Udyan (Powai Garden), Powai, Maharashtra commonly known as: bataria teak, guest tree, kleinhovia, timanga tree • * Bengali*: bola • *Hindi*: भोला bhola • *Tamil*: மரவகை maravakai, பூந்தேக்கு puntekku Native to: east Africa, southeast Asia; cultivated elsewhere - [image: Bataria Teak]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdi...>... May 10, 2009 at Veermata Jeejabai Bhosale Udyan, Mumbai - ... more views: http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=91314344%40N00&q=Kleinhoviahospita&m=...
Non native. Planted in many large gardens and parks.
Family Malvaceae Subfamily : Sterculiaceae Genus: Kleinhovia Species: K. hospita Binomial name Kleinhovia hospital L. I first discovered this native of SE asia in the Horticulture garden.. hort as we kids called it… it used to be the edge of the carriage drive, now a black topped car park… it was small them.. now its almost 50 feet tall.. if I want a full photo I would need to stitch at least 3 frames… phew.. so I ‘ll just show you the top third to so and absolute bottom…. To heck with the middle… J… Flower buds are very small about 7 to 8 mm long… when open they are about a cm in diameter, seed pods about 2-3 cms across, papery .. seeds inside do not know much about them because the fallen pods do not seem to have anything inside … and have not torn any from the tree to tell you about. The leaves are very large, the largest I have found on this tree were about 10 inches long and 9 inches across. The sprouts new shoots from it base… This tree is somewhat popular in Kolkata for street planting… do not know if KMC is planting them or individual home owners plant a tree or two of their choice in front of their homes… they used to in decades past… do not know now… it grows tall so not a shade tree …. Not mentioned in Ayurveda or Ethnobotany of Bengal… so may not be well known yet.. but in SE asia it is used for killing lice , they apply leaf juice… has cyanogenic properties… I have seen a few of these big trees in some of the public office compounds in Trivandrum. May be it was planted during the British times.. It flowers profusely here. Haven't yet looked for the seeds. Will keep a look out in future.
KLEINHOVIA HOSPITA: Attaching an image of Kleinhovia hospita. I saw this plant in the campus of the palace of Maharaja of Cooch Behar. I have recorded some 4 types of butterflies on the pink flowers of this plant.
Found in Pondicherry Botanical garden. Tree Check for Kleinhovia hospita. I also agree with ...
Fwd: SYMBIOSIS : 987 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1) Attaching a collage of Bumble bee visiting flowers of Kleihovia hospita (BHOLA)
Fwd: SYMBIOSIS : 988 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1) Attaching a collage of female Striped Albatross visiting flowers of Kleinhovia hospita (BHOLA)
Fwd: SYMBIOSIS : 990 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1) Attaching a collage of Psyche butterfly visiting flowers of kleinhovia hospita (BHOLA)
Identification Request - Heart Shaped Leaf with mauve inflorescence : 6 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Date/Time- Nov 19, 2017, 7 AM Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Dhakuria lake, Kolkata Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-Urban Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- Tree Height/Length- 10 Feet (this individual is young but there are taller specimens) Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- Medium (15-20 cm) heart shaped with slight tip with a very long petiole Inflorescence Type/ Size- Mauve (see picture) Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts- (see picture) Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- Not sure Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.- Not Sure Thanks, ..., Why images posted by you, look not in correct orientation ? Sincere apologies for the orientation issue. Hope this time the orientation will be correct. Now fruiting has started (see attached) Yeah, Ok this time. As I am learning to identifying species, I am logging them here. https://sites.google.com/site/treesofkolkata/ Now it is in a very preliminary stage. I wish to a images of those individual trees later for easier identification. Could you please advise how to go about this or improve? Do you think this will be useful in spreading tree awareness?Thanks, ... You can follow the model we have at efloraofindia site with suitable modifications. If you require images for this purpose, pl. check my images at See more details below: I have created a Resource of a few thousands of my best images of Flora (around 400 species) arranged place-wise as well as per classification into Trees, Shrubs, Herbs & Climbers etc. These are further arranged by Botanical names e.g. Justicia species will be available under J.M.Garg HerbsJ(where one will find all pictures arranged alphabetically). Image Resource is available at: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg_Flora Any of these links, as per ones' requirement, can be added in Favorites or set as a link in a website & used immediately whenever required. I hope it's useful to all, both new & experienced.
SYMBIOSIS :439 : Attachments (1). 1 post by 1 author. Attaching an image of a two Bumble bees on the flowers of Kleinhovia hospita.
Malvaceae fortnight :: Kleinhovia hospita : Pune :: SMP29 : 1 post by 1 author. 2 images. Kleinhovia hospita Pune
Fwd: Kleinhovia hospita L. at Odisha Secretariat : 9 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) - 2, 2 & 3 mb. Sir,good evening. Clicked on 22/10/2019 one fully bloomed Kleinhovia hospita (unaffected in cyclonic storm FANI on 3/05/2019), evergreen handsome tree with soft pink flowers, green fruits, some mature fruits broadly ovate leaves at Odisha Secretariat reception counter, Bhubaneswar, loved by the visitors, also at times of summer months., visit of honeybee (Apis dorsata) also seen today (23/10/2019) before raining in the morning, the fruit capsule found to have 5 segments containing one seed each, Sir, this is for your kind reference, Attachments (2)- 3 mb each. Attachments (1) - 5 mb. seems so but would like to see the leaves and bark if possible. these trees are flowering right now in lower ganges delta The leaf venation pattern matches almost ditto to ditto with pictures I have taken. I believe they were also submitted many years ago. its rather unique in such large leaves. we should have those pictures. also many other members have cases on Kleinhovia page, I think. the bark has the small chunks//with fissure around, that matches, but this particular tree seems to have collected sooty fungus. Reason it needs attention, I had seen similar kleinhovia trees growing on streets that later succumbed to storms easier than other healthy ones first it needs confirmation that it is indeed sooty fungus and not city pollution with carbon particles Thanks ... for her analytical view & anticipating sooty gungal infection, fungicide application (Mancozeb/ Cupper oxychloride paste) will be given to the bark added by soil drenching to save the plant, Did you get to confirm that it is indeed fungus? Sir, sorry to write, that it is Ceratobasidium fungus (report attached) in the Kleihovia hospita at Odisha Secretariat, Bhubzneswar, Fwd: (efloraofindia:333578) Fwd: Kleinhovia hospita L. at Odisha Secretariat : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Examined as Ceratobasidium fugus in the fungal infection of trunk of Kleinhovia hospita L. as reported by Dr Surjya Kanta Beura, Prof. & Head, Plant Pathology Dept., Odisha Univ. of Agriculture & Technology, Bhubaneswar, in response to my submission of one piece of infected bark. Also Dr.Beura Sir advised for Cupper oxychloride soln. spray (0.3 percent) 3 times in 7 days interval, copy attached for your kind reference, Very well done, ... I love this dedication and promptness so this kleinhovia can be saved Thank you Madam for your interest to save plants. By your encouragement, we started applying fungicide in the affected tree SYMBIOSIS : 1462 : 1 image. Attaching a collage of Carpenter Bee visiting flowers of Kleinhovia hospita SYMBIOSIS : 1463 : 1 image. Attaching a collage of Common Pierrot visiting flowers of Kleinhovia hospita |
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