G’day all
I’m exploring a few places in Google Earth for a trip to North Queensland next month.
In street view at the entrance to the Cairns Botanical Gardens in Collins Avenue (-16.898749, 145.747651) there are two tall skinny trees. If anyone knows what they are I’d be most grateful. This tree is a common sight as a planted street tree in Tanzanian cities and towns and I never did find out what it was. Maybe it’s an Australian native. They certainly like our Eucalypts, Casuarinas and Silky Oaks.
Cheers Steve
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Steve,
The tree is Polyalthia longifolia, often called the Temple Pillar tree. I think it is from india or Srei Lanka. You see it used as a street tree throughout SE Asia. Great visual/noise screen tree.
Cheers,
Carl Clifford
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G’day Carl et al.
Many thanks. You’ve nailed it.
Here’s one of my photos from a Dar hotel window showing the Polyalthia in abundance:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bukoba_steve/7855477484/in/photostream/
It was a very noisy area so not sure if the trees were much help.
Sorry for the non-birding stuff. Masses of water in all the wetlands in south west Victoria at the moment. The birds haven’t found it yet but it could be good over the next few months and through summer.
Cheers Steve
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G’day Richard et al.
Here’s a picture of the two trees:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bukoba_steve/7855257908/
They are real and not ‘vine-covered poles’ (thanks Tom!).
As I said – very common street trees in Dar es Salaam and other Tanzanian towns. No-one there could give me a name for them.
Cheers Steve
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Birders and Steve,
Close to the entrance at Cairns Botanic Gardens is a Teak–comes from indo-china.
Tectona grandis–but I have never seen that species planted as a street tree.
From, Dick Turner