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The flower is also utilized in making a healthful, antioxidant-rich juice that is popular during local festivities and summer months. Additionally, Buransh flowers are incorporated into local arts and crafts, where they are used to make colorful necklaces and jewelry, symbolizing the spiritual and physical prosperity of the community. [93]
Rhododendron arboreum from Fyson [5]. Rhododendron arboreum subsp. cinnamomeum has leaves with cinnamon-brown hairs beneath; Flower of Rhododendron arboreum from Yumthang Valley in North Sikkim, India Rhododendron arboreum subsp. zeylanicum rare ssp from the highlands of Sri Lanka, named after Zeilan, the name used by Arabian traders to refer to Sri Lanka
It can grow to 10–15 m (33–49 ft). In early and mid-spring, trusses of 15–20 bell-shaped flowers, 5 cm (2.0 in) wide and 3–5 cm (1.2–2.0 in) long are produced in red, pink or white. The juice of burans flower is used to make a squash called Burans Ka Sharbat in the hilly regions of Uttarakhand. It is admired for its distinctive ...
Rhododendron campanulatum, the bell-flowered rhododendron or bell rhododendron, is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae, native to the Himalayas and Tibet.
In Himachal Pradesh, their home is the Kugti and Tundah wildlife sanctuaries and the tribal Chamba region. The tree bearing the state flower of Himachal, buransh, is the favourite habitat of the Himalayan brown bear. Due to the high value of the buransh tree, it is commercially cut causing further destruction to the brown bear's habitat. [8]
Language of flowers – cryptological communication through the use or arrangement of flowers; Hanakotoba, also known as 花言葉 – Japanese form of the language of flowers; List of national flowers – flowers that represent specific geographic areas
The flowers are produced in pendulous racemes 20–40 cm (8–16 in) long, each flower 4–7 cm (1 + 5 ⁄ 8 – 2 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) diameter with five yellow petals of equal size and shape. The fruit is a legume , 30–60 cm (12–24 in) long and 1.5–2.5 cm ( 9 ⁄ 16 –1 in) broad, with a pungent odor and containing several seeds.
The flower of Nyctanthes arbor-tristis is the official state flower of West Bengal and is called shiuli or shephali in Bengali. [13] The "shiuli" flowers bloom during the autumn season in Bengal and are offered to goddess Durga on the festival of Durga Puja. The flowers are associated with the autumn season and Durga Puja in Bengal. Many Durga ...