Comments on: Memories on Trees: Shirish https://vivekvsp.com/2016/03/memories-on-trees-shirish/ The Events in Human Resources and Employee Relations space, and in My World through my eyes. Tue, 15 Apr 2025 08:22:30 +0000 hourly 1 By: Vivek Patwardhan https://vivekvsp.com/2016/03/memories-on-trees-shirish/#comment-56061 Tue, 15 Apr 2025 08:22:30 +0000 #comment-56061 In reply to abcd.

Thanks a million for your information.

]]> By: abcd https://vivekvsp.com/2016/03/memories-on-trees-shirish/#comment-56053 Tue, 15 Apr 2025 04:40:01 +0000 #comment-56053 The tree you showed in the photo is not Shirish(शिरीष) but actually Vilayati Shirish(विलायती शिरीष).

Shirish(शिरीष) is native to India. It has a small, open, and light canopy.

Vilayati Shirish(विलायती शिरीष)(a.k.a Rain tree or Monkey Pod tree) as the name impies (विलायती=foreign) is not native to India. It is native to South and Central America. It has a huge umbrella shaped canopy

Both trees are a part of the Albizia Genus.
Shirish(शिरीष) = Albizia Lebbeck
Vilayati Shirish(विलायती शिरीष) = Albizia Saman

These two trees have similar flowers, leaves and seeds, but have very different sizes and canopies.

Vilayati Shirish, although not native to India, has natrualized in central parts of India.

Also, Wikipedia suggests they are of the same genus, not entirely the same. If you search Albizia Lebbeck(शिरीष) and Albizia Saman(विलायती शिरीष) on Wikipedia, you will see the difference. One is native to India while the other is native to South and Central America

]]> By: Vikramjit Sardar https://vivekvsp.com/2016/03/memories-on-trees-shirish/#comment-41152 Sun, 14 Jul 2024 18:07:39 +0000 #comment-41152 The name “Rain Tree” apparently came from a fact that in some places it is infested by Cicadas, which discharge moisture in form of tiny droplets that fall somewhat like rain from tree (from Benthal, ToC).

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