1月21日（金）曇後雨
植物園で正月らしい鮮やかなサーモンピンクの花を見つけました。しかしよく見ると雄蕊も雌蕊も気持が悪い。直径20ｃｍくらいの堅い実も沢山、それも幹から直接花や実がついています。花も実も枝も変。南米ギアナ原産で30ｍになる高木。タイでは沙羅双樹と言われていますが、お釈迦さまもビックリ。
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Flower of Cannon Ball Tree
Fri. January 21 : rainy after cloudy
I found some flowers in fresh salmon pink in Botanic Garden. They look worthy of New Year. Now that I looked at them closer their both stamens and pistils are quite grotesque. There are lots of stiff fruit with 20cm of diameter on their trunks directly and flowers as well. The flowers, fruit and branches all look odd. Cannon Ball Tree is a 30m high tree originally from Guiana of South America. It is called Shorea robusta in Thailand but Buddha should be surprised at it.
