Semal Tree/ Silk Cotton Tree
Semal Tree / Silk Cotton Tree Capped Langur (Trachypithecus pileatus) in flowering Cotton Silk Tree A beautiful black Drango in red silk cotton tree Birds on Silk cotton tree Sunbird on silk cotton tree Golden oriole flower shimul, Bombax ceiba Bombax ceiba / Silk Cotton / Bombax malabaricum Bombax ceiba : A towering deciduous tree capable of reaching 60m. Much planted for ornament in Indian cities. Large trees are supported at the base by thin, spreading flanges. Its branches grows in tiers, radiating from trunk like the ribs of an umbrella. Cultivated on Delhi avenues mainly for its voluptuous, waxy blooms in March. Flowers : Large, showy, usually scarlet but can be coral, turmeric, pale yellow or even white, with fife fleshy petals bent backwards. The long stamens are bundled led in 6 separate bun