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Keywords: Lecythidaceae | Couroupita guianensis Aubl. | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Botany Photo of the Day will have brief written entries on weekends, holidays and my vacations from April through September. – Daniel
Thank you to Dinesh from India (aka dinesh_valke@Flickr) for sharing today's image (original via BPotD Flickr Group Pool)
Couroupita guianensis is commonly known as the cannonball tree – a photo of the fruit reveals why. For in-depth information about cannonball tree, visit Couroupita guianensis via the Lecythidaceae Pages.
Posted by Daniel Mosquin at July 11, 2007 12:00 AM
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Posted by: George L. 
at July 11, 2007 4:35 AM
ooooo - dreamy photo. sculptural plant. Beautiful -- thanks for posting this photo by Dinesh -- and for the fascinating links, Daniel.
Posted by: maureen at July 11, 2007 9:08 AM
Thank you very much, Daniel; I feel proud about this picture having made it to UBC - Botany Photo of the Day !!
Posted by: Dinesh Valke at July 11, 2007 9:27 AM
A simply lovely flower and photograph. Thank you.
Posted by: Emma at July 11, 2007 9:40 AM
Nice job Dinesh! Gorgeous photography, super composition, lush and lovely colors!
Posted by: E. Marie Robertson at July 11, 2007 10:18 AM
Beautiful photo.
Posted by: bev at July 11, 2007 10:40 AM
How wonderful to see this beautiful picture. I really enjoy seeing trees and plants for other parts of the world. The colours are so pleasing.
Margaret-Rae
Posted by: Margaret-Rae Davis at July 11, 2007 5:47 PM
Thanks very much to all of you: George, Maureen, Emma, Marie, Bev, Margaret-Rae Davis for appreciating the picture.
- Dinesh
Posted by: Dinesh Valke at July 12, 2007 12:52 PM
Beautiful flower, very elegant photo. I particularly like the reflections of light on the buds in the background.
Posted by: Anthony at July 15, 2007 1:43 PM
Gracias por esta excelente foto yo tengo un arbol pero no florece aun.
Posted by: Otto at August 3, 2007 7:44 PM
You photo is great. Only yesterday I photographed the fruit and flower of this unusual looking tree at our Queen's Park Savannah, Port of Spain, Trinidad, West Indies. I am told it is rare; just 2 trees are known to be on the island. The fruit is literally like a cannonball; real heavy. Will send my photo too.
Posted by: Flavia Bernard at June 9, 2008 11:30 AM
Flavia's photographs:
Posted by: Daniel Mosquin 
at June 10, 2008 10:02 AM
Beatiful and wonderfull photo
Posted by: joseph mathew at June 12, 2008 9:48 PM
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Love the nacreous gleam on the buds and the gentle translucence of the open flowers, whose "sweet aroma...is strongest in the early morning..bees visiting the flowers as early as 5:00 a.m." The links are very cool; the photo of the hefty fruit and flowers appearing together amongst the tentacle-like fall of bare, hanging branches. The fruit drop when ripe, the seeds embedded in pulp which 'oxidises blue-green when exposed to air'. What an amazing tropical beast of a tree! Thank you Dinesh and Daniel!