2009 Photograph, Sara Tree or Cannonball Tree Flowers and Fruit, (Couroupita guianensis, Brazil Nut family, Lecythidaceae), Wat Liab, Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand, © 2020.
Showing both the flower and fruit that gives the tree its name.
ภาพถ่าย ๒๕๕๒ ต้นไม้ลูกกระสุนปืนใหญ่ดอกไม้และผลไม้ วัดเลิยบ อุบลราชธานี ประเทศไทย
แสดงทั้งดอกไม้และผลไม้ที่ช่วยให้ต้นไม้ที่ชื่อ
Legends in Thailand and other Buddhist countries say that the Lord
Buddha died under a Sara Tree and for this reason, the tree is often
found in temple compounds. However, that tree was the Sala Tree, Shorea robusta, a different species. The "Cannonball Tree" name comes from its
fruit which is about the size of a softball and very hard. |
