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
On 25/08/2012, at 4:08 PM, Steve <> wrote:
> 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
>
>
> On 25/08/2012, at 3:08 PM, Richard Turner <> wrote:
>
>> 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
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