12 July 2010

CALOPHYLLUM SOULATTRI

Actually, some of the trees along Cluny Road flowers rather frequently.

These are the flowers of the native coastal Calophyllum soulattri (synonym: Calophyllum wallichianum) from the Family Clusiaceae (Guttiferae). The new leaf flushes are pinkish and turn green over time.

A link is attached below on this tree: