✿Lecythidaceae · Couroupita
Nagalinga / Cannon-Ball Tree
Couroupita guianensis
Tree
- Habit
- Tree
- Native to
- South America
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Couroupita guianensis
- Genus
- Couroupita
- Family
- Lecythidaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Grown in gardens and temple premises
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Native to
- South America
- Distribution
- Introduced in old World tropics
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Local Names
- Hindi
- Nagalinga नागलिंग, Tope gola तोप गोला
- Bengali
- Kaman gola, নাগলিঙ্গম, নাগ চম্পা
- Tamil
- நாகலிங்க மரம், நாகலிங்கம்
- Telugu
- శివలింగపుష్పం
- Kannada
- ನಾಗಲಿಂಗ Naagalinga, ಲಿಂಗದಹೂವಿನಮರ Lingada hoovina mara, ನಾಗಲಿಂಗ ಪುಷ್ಪ ಮರ
- Malayalam
- നാഗലിംഗ മരം, Cannon-ball tree, Cannonball tree
- Marathi
- शिवलिंगम Shivalingam, कैलासपति Kailaspati, कैलासपती
About Nagalinga
Cannon-Ball Tree (Couroupita guianensis) is a tree belonging to the Lecythidaceae family (Lecythis Or Brasil Nut Family). It is typically found in grown in gardens and temple premises. Native to South America, it is distributed across Introduced in old World tropics. It flowers and fruits through much of the year. Its conservation status has been assessed as Least Concern (LC).
Botanical family
Lecythidaceae
Lecythis Or Brasil Nut Family
Nagalinga belongs to the Lecythidaceae family.
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