Friday, November 2, 2007

Couroupita guinensis

red flower attached to tree trunk with brown ball like fruit.

origin from latin america, and it been considered sacred among Hindus, where they are call the nagalingam tree in Tamil. The flowers are called the Shivalingam flowers, Nagamalli flowers and Mallikarjuna flowers in Telugu.


read more at http://www.thefloweringgarden.com/couroupita.htm

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