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This is probably Lagerstroemia, commonly known as crape myrtle or crepe myrtle,
ReplyDeleteCrape Myrtle is my guess too - the tree a bit too big for Rhododendron or dogwood. Would be interesting to see the flowers in detail too.
ReplyDeleteIndra, I learned about Crape Myrtle from you in the blog a while ago- I hope I have got it right this time !
ReplyDeleteYou may please click on the picture to enlarge. To make sure that any viewers don't miss it, I shall post the answer as a fresh post after about a week.
ReplyDeleteCLUE - Think, thorns, shrub, climber or tree.
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Indra,
ReplyDeleteMy guess would be "Sakura".. Japanese Cherry Blossom.
Sorry I had gone AWOL for tome. Now I am back.
I shall send some of my handy work sometime soon.
Regards.
Is this a Bougainvillea which has climbed up a tree?
ReplyDeleteClose Srianee and very good. This is a TREE Bougainvillea.If you look up WIKIPEDIA on Bougainvillea it comes as a shrub as well as a climber. Less commoner form that we see is the tree form.This one in the picture was about 20 feet tall
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If you look closely the white bracts in the center of the flower can be discerned.
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