Рет қаралды 8,232
Badminton ball tree, Parkias are found throughout the tropics, with four species in Africa, about 10 in Asia, and about twenty in the neotropics. In the winter season, 1½ - 2 ft branches, hanging from the leaf axil, bear rust coloured bead-like flower heads, which gradually gain size of a tennis ball - and the "flowers" bloom to spectacular white electric bulbs! The flowers in round white heads are prominent, hence the native name 'Chendul' , or ball.