Flowering Angsana trees

Cruising into the heart of Kuching city, I was greeted by the beautiful golden yellow flowers of the Angsana trees (Pterocarpus indicus). These trees are huge and assist to ameliorate the urban temperature by its cool shade. But at times these trees exhibit massive tiny flowers that envelope the green crown and its a real beauty to experience the golden yellow carpet on the ground. These flowers exude a strong fragrance that is short-lived. I took some really beautiful showing of these trees in Bintulu sometime ago and please follow this link to see its splendour....>>>http://alltheplants4.blogspot.com/search/label/Angsana

 (Re-post from Facebook, 2 June'19)

May flowering trees of Kuching

Above is CU of the Goa tree flowers.

This time around in Kuching I noticed that the Cabbage tree/ Indian Goa tree ( Andira inermis) is at its best. The flowers at the car parking lot near the Padawan's Pitcher Plant center have cast their magic spell. Currently there is a heat spell in Kuching and this could have stimulated the rich flowering of bougainvilleas too around the city. The flowers are small and purplish. After the flowering season is over, the tree wil bear almond-like fruits which resemble our local ' kedundong' fruit ( Otaheite or ambarella). However, while fruits of the kedundon are edible this one isn't.

The Goa tree takes its name for the town of Goa in India. The tree is small to medium ( 5-10 m) high. It has a good compact crown shape and as such is a good candidate for shade trees. This tree is placed in the family Papilionoide of which another common family member is the Indian Coral tree ( Erythrina indica as in here >> http://alltheplants.blogspot.com/search/label/Erythrina . The best planting distance on roads is 40 meters.