Saturday Photohunt - Trees

Peltophorum pterocarpum (Copperpod, Golden Flamboyant, Yellow Flamboyant, Yellow Flame Tree, Yellow Poinciana, Radhachura in Bangla) is a species of Peltophorum, native to tropical southeastern Asia and a popularly ornamental tree grown around the world.
This tree is one of the many in Bandra (East), Mumbai.

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Golden carpet

There is a Golden Carpet every morning during summer when the road is covered with the peltophorum flowers. This is on a street in Bandra (East), a laid back suburb of Mumbai

Golden street...

The peltophorum petals fall to pave the streets with gold! The sweepers curse it every morning though! This is a familiar sight in most of Mumbai during summer.
The photograph displayed has been taken in a street of Bandra ( a suburb famously known as the Queen of suburbs!)

Golden top...

Peltophorum flowers in bloom all over Mumbai in summer. When these flowers fall, Mumbai's streets are paved with gold!