Trees of Gulmohar Park: Bottle Brush

Bottle  Brush

Scientific Name - Callistemon viminali 

Common Name -   Weeping Bottlebrush 

Family Name - Myrtaceae  

Bark -  

• Dark brown or greyish 
• Thick, corky and deeply furrowed in the vertical axis 

Leaf - 

• Narrow upto 10cm long , pointed at both ends 
• New leaves are pale pink or bronzed and downy soft , eventually turning darker 

Flower - 

Crowded in dense spikes , about 8cm long , commonly scarlet 

Petals are tiny and fall off early 

Scarlet color is contributed entirely by the long stamens dripped in gold . 

Fruit - 

• Small , woody , cupshaped at the end of the twigs 
•  Unlike other bottlebrush species its seeds are released are before the next flowering season , so old fruit is seen as 'old wood '

Range - NE a

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Location in Gulmohar Park