Some of the trees flowering in Bangalore.....
March 17, 2011
As you go around the city, don’t forget to see the flowers of spring and summer, in all their glory…..here they are:
Albizia saman, the Rain Tree:
Tabebuia argentea (or Tacoma argentea), the Golden Bell or Trumpet:
Couroupita guianensis, the Cannonball tree (Nagalinga):
The flower has a faint and lovely smell:
Pongamia glabra, the Honge:
Grevillea robusta, Silver Oak:
Ceiba pentandra, a variety of Silk-Cotton:
In this tree,the silk-cotton has burst through the pods:
This one's the flower of the Bombax (or Ceiba) malabaricum:
Kigelia pinnata, the Sausage tree:
The flowers and leaves look like this:
and the fruits look like this:
Anthocephalus cadamba, the Kadamba:
Cassia fistula, the Indian Laburnum, or Golden Shower :
Butea monosperma , the Flame of the Forest (Palash):
Saraca asoca, the Sita Ashoka:
Tabebuia rosea, the Pink Poui:
Delonix regia, the Mayflower (Gulmohar):
Careya arborea (I don't know the common name):
Erythrina indica, the Indian Coral Tree:
Jacaranda mimosaefolia, the Jacaranda:
Firmiana colorata, Coloured Sterculia (this is not a very common tree though)
Plumeria species, Frangipani:
Gliricidia sepium, the Quickstick:
Colvillea racemosa, Colville's Glory:
Spathodea campanulata, the African Tulip:
Here's a closer shot:
Dillenia indica,the Elephant Apple:
Peltophorum pterocarpum ,the Copper Pod or Copper Shield Bearer:
In this picture, the yellow flowers that carpet the ground have not yet appeared, but you can see why the tree gets its common name:
Here, the yellow flowers have appeared:
Brassaia actinophylla, the Umbrella (or Octopus) Tree:
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here
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Mark the majesty of the trees, which absorb carbon dioxide, and release oxygen into the air....
Enjoy the serial flowering (flowering of different trees all through the year) that was made possible by the botanist,
Gustav Krumbiegel
Sometimes, just the emerging new leaves look as beautiful as flowers….
See these leaves of a tree of the Terminalia species!
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