Monday, June 27, 2011

Kanak Champa

The Kanak Champa Pterospermum acerifolium is a big tree with fragrant flowers. The tree is also known as the 'Dinner Plate tree' , because of its big round leaves, which are woven into dinner plates in some parts of India. The flowers fall after a day. They look like peeled bananas.
The timber of this tree is used to make planks. The bark is used in traditional medicine. The tree grows to an immense size, resembling the teak tree. It is found in the deciduous forests of the Western Ghats and Central India.
at

11 comments:

  1. GigaJune 27, 2011 at 1:03 AM

    Drzewo obsypane takimi śmiesznymi i ładnymi kwiatkami musi wyglądać uroczo Pozdrawiam

    ReplyDelete
  2. OneJune 27, 2011 at 2:05 AM

    The scent is really good, ya?

    ReplyDelete
  3. CarverJune 28, 2011 at 5:49 AM

    Interesting post. They do look like peeled bananas.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Lavender and Vanilla Friends of the GardensJune 28, 2011 at 6:44 PM

    A useful, wonderful tree the tropical climate produces. The fallen flowers look pretty.

    ReplyDelete
  5. hirenJune 29, 2011 at 1:18 AM

    Was not aware of this. I have two Son Champa planted on my farm. Enjoyed reading your blogs.

    ReplyDelete
  6. AnonymousJune 30, 2011 at 3:26 AM

    Glad to know its name!!;) I've seen this tree (not abundant here) and knew it was from the champa family but didn't know its name. Wow, the blooms do look like peeled bananas.

    ReplyDelete
  7. DeniseinVAJuly 12, 2011 at 6:12 PM

    Great post, so very interesting, thank you.

    ReplyDelete
  8. StephanieJuly 12, 2011 at 7:48 PM

    Peeled banana? ha ha... but it was a pretty flower before that ;-)

    ReplyDelete
  9. Soportales 8July 17, 2011 at 2:37 PM

    Hello!
    Interesting this tree, he did not. You have a very interesting blog, just me because I see you post fan curious things of which you can learn.
    I invite you to visit our blog and comment whenever you want.
    Greetings from Spain.
    Until next time!

    ReplyDelete
  10. MalarJuly 19, 2011 at 12:06 AM

    Pretty flowers! nice scent?

    ReplyDelete
  11. A.August 8, 2011 at 3:50 AM

    think i've seen this one in lalbagh.

    ReplyDelete