Couroupita Guianensis grows up to more than 30 meters in height with the clustered leaves from 8 to 30 centimeters and the flowers are borne from the trunk in large bunches up to 10 meters long. Some trees flower profusely, until the entire trunk is buried in flowers.
Cannon Ball tree, the collection of Bogor Botanical Garden
The flowers are strongly scented at night and also in the morning. The size of the flower is large from 8 to 12 centimeters wide, the six petals in shade of pink and red near the base and yellowish toward the tips with a ring of stamens at the center and arrangement to stamens that looks like sea anemones.
The fruit is large, measuring to 25 centimeters in diameter. Woody and very spherical that makes the tree’s name called as Cannon Ball tree.
Couroupita Guianensis tumbuh hingga lebih dari 30 meter tingginya dengan daun berkerumun 8-30 cm dan bunga-bunga yang tersusun pada batang di tandan besar dengan panjang hingga 10 meter. Beberapa pohon berbunga sangat lebat, sampai seluruh batang terkubur oleh bunga. Mereka sangat wangi di malam hari dan juga di pagi hari. Ukuran bunganya besar 8 sampai 12 cm lebar, enam kelopak dalam warna merah muda dan merah dekat dasar dan kekuningan menuju ujung dengan cincin benang sari di pusat dan susunan benang sari yang terlihat seperti anemon laut.
Buah ini besar, berukuran 25 cm diameter. keras dan sangat bulat yang membuat nama pohon ini disebut sebagai pohon Peluru meriam.
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Amazing tree and beautiful flowers.
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Such of this tree is nursed by almost all of the botanical garden throughout the world. It maybe is there in your area too. 🙂
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I love the way you play with light
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Thank you, Massi. But not for the photos of the tree and the bunches of the flowers. I just pressed the shutter release button because there was nothing I can do with the surrounding sunlight out there. A good moment when I took a close up of the flowers when clouds passed by. 😀
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lovely flower…interesting tree…don’t think I’ve seen anything like this before!
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The trees are rarely found in public garden in Indonesia, but many are found at surrounding temples in India and Thailand. At Bogor Botanical Garden, there are several trees can be seen among other huge trees. I am glad, now you can see it through the pictures, Heather 🙂
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Unik sekali pohonnya, ada di Indonesia ya pak?.
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Pohonnya ada dikoleksi oleh Kebun Raya Bogor dan Cibodas di kaki Gn Gede.
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Terima kasih untuk informasinya pak 🙂 .
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Sama-sama, Non. 🙂
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Beautiful flowers. i wish I could smell them. 🙂
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Well, You would not leave the tree easily. 😀
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Fascinating tree. You will be pleased to know that I do not want to be this tree or the flower, even though the flower is very beautiful 🙂 I am content to be a human this time and simply enjoy its beauty!!!!
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Bwa ha ha ha. Brilliant !!! . It is a dangerous tree, when it is being fruitful, no one would like to stay longer underneath . Imagine, the fruit weight is equal to the weight of coconut. 😀
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Ouch! That would hurt; indeed it would probably kill a person.
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Few years ago, I saw one of the trees were bordered by fences that I have never known why, but now I realized that the fruits falls could injure any one . Some day you see this tree bearing the fruits, you have to be careful, because such of the tree will never give you a sign when it drops the fruits.
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Yes, just like the coconut; no advance warning!!!!
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😀 some one told me that when the fruit fall on a hard surface, it sounds like a cannon too. Boom !!! Isn’t it amazing?
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I can imagine that because a coconut makes quite a loud thud when it hits the ground.
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You always capture the most interesting trees. The flowers on this one are very pretty.
Wonderful photos …..
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Thank you Isadora. You always make my day ! ….. 🙂
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