ON THIS PLANT
Stereospermum chelonoides is a deciduous tree native to South Asia.
In Theravada Buddhism, this plant is said to have used as the tree for achieved enlightenment, or Bodhi by third Buddha called "Saranankara - සරණංකර", and twenty second Buddha "Vipassi - විපස්සි". The plant is known as පුලිල (pulila) in Sanskrit, పాదిరి (pādiri) in Telugu, පලොල් (palol) in Sinhala and পারুল (parul) in Bengali.
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
- Genus
- Stereospermum
- Family
- Bignoniaceae
ALSO KNOWN AS
Other names.
en Fragrant padritree
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