10 Best Flowering Trees In India

Producer: Mehak Pal Editor: Aparna Singh

Trees have a plethora of uses from providing us with oxygen to completing landscape decorations. Here are the ten best flowering trees in India.

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The Indian laburnum (Cassia fistula)

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Pride of India (Lagerstroemia speciosa)

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Rain Tree

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The silk cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)

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Flame of the forest (Butea monosperma)

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Indian Cork Tree

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Champak Tree

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Saraca Asoca (Sita Ashok)

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Parijat (Nyctanthes arbor-tristis)

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Gulmohar

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