| Common Name : | Spanish Cherry, Bullet wood, Bokul. |
| Botanical Name : | Mimusops elengi |
| Family : | Sapotaceae (Mohua family) |
| Bangla Name : | Bokul Ful (বকুল ফুল). |
| Photo Taken : | Bangladesh |
Our today's plant is Spanish Cherry (also known as Bullet wood). In Bangladesh this is known as Bokul (flower is known as Bokul ful). This plant is native to South asia, Southeast Asia, Northern Australia. Botanical name of this plant is Mimusops elengi. It belongs to the plant family Sapotaceae (Mahua family).
Spanish cherry (Mimusops elengi) is a small to medium sized evergreen tree. Leafs are dark green, elliptic shaped and glossy. Bark of the tree is very thick and dark grayish in color. The wood of this tree is highly valuable. May be this is a reason to call this as bullet wood!
Flower of Spanish cherry (Mimusops elengi) are creamy white color and star shaped. There is a raising crown available at the middle of the flower. Its flower is having extreme redolence. Even after dried up the flower still holds the fragrance. That's why people keep this flower at home even after its dread condition.
During the day flowers use to fall from the tree at ground. People use to collect those fallen flowers to make small garlands. Hindu people use this at the temples for prayer. The fruit and bark of this plant is having several medicinal uses (bad breathe, gum treatment, etc). Fruit is edible when ripe.
Photos of Spanish Cherry (Mimusops elengi) were taken from the following location of Bangladesh:
01. June 2013: Gopalganj.
02. June 2015: Ramna park, Dhaka.
This article has written by Lonely Traveler,
for the blog http://icflora.blogspot.com/
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