Couroupita guianensis Aubl.
Campus Location
Rajagiri Business School, Valley Campus, Kakkanad
Systematic position
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Streptophyta
Class: Equisetopsida
Order: Ericales
Family: Lecythidaceae
Couroupita guianensis is a deciduous tree, native to lowland tropical rainforests of Central and South America, from Costa Rica, south to Brazil and northern Bolivia. The tree has cultural and religious importance in South and Southeast Asia. It grows up to 35 m tall, clustered leaves at the end of branches, fragrant flowers racemes up to 80 cm long produced directly on tree trunk, woody shelled spherical fruits reach up to a diameter of 25 cm giving the plant common name ‘Cannonball Tree’.
- Ornamental tree, plant parts used in traditional medicine, has cultural and religious significance among Hindus and Buddhists.
Couroupita guianensis Aubl.
Campus Location
Rajagiri Business School, Valley Campus, Kakkanad
Systematic position
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Streptophyta
Class: Equisetopsida
Order: Ericales
Family: Lecythidaceae
Couroupita guianensis is a deciduous tree, native to lowland tropical rainforests of Central and South America, from Costa Rica, south to Brazil and northern Bolivia. The tree has cultural and religious importance in South and Southeast Asia. It grows up to 35 m tall, clustered leaves at the end of branches, fragrant flowers racemes up to 80 cm long produced directly on tree trunk, woody shelled spherical fruits reach up to a diameter of 25 cm giving the plant common name ‘Cannonball Tree’.
- Ornamental tree, plant parts used in traditional medicine, has cultural and religious significance among Hindus and Buddhists.