Flame Of The Forest Tree Leaves

Young trees have a growth rate of a few feet per year.

Flame of the forest tree leaves. Young trees normally have a growth rate of a few feet per year. Butea monosperma the flame of the forest is a medium sized tree growing from 20 to 4o feet high and the trunk is usually crooked and twisted with irregular branches and rough grey bark. It is actually a slow growing tree. When he renounces the world to become a sadhu he is made to either eat a leaf of the tree or to eat off a plate made from its leaves.

Delonix regia is a species of flowering plant in the bean family fabaceae subfamily caesalpinioideae native to madagascar it is noted for its fern like leaves and flamboyant display of orange red flowers over summer. The flame of the forest is a medium sized tree growing from 20 to 4o feet high and the trunk is usually crooked and twisted with irregular branches and rough grey bark. The flowers are 2 5 cm 0 98 in long bright orange red and produced in racemes up to 15 cm 5. It is a small sized dry season deciduous tree growing to 15 m 49 ft tall it is a fast growing tree.

The leaves are pinnate with an 8 16 cm 3 1 6 3 in petiole and three leaflets each leaflet 10 20 cm 3 9 7 9 in long. The plant is found growing throughout the drier parts of india often gregarious in forests open grasslands and wastelands.