Simul phool Simul or the silk cotton tree blooms are large and bright red in colour. They cover the canopy before the leaves return, and attract flocks of birds, making it a sight for birdwatchers ...

Summer is declared when the semal flowers bloom – the large, flaming-red flowers make it seem like ... what the buds of Bombax ceiba, or silk cotton tree, are called in Khadi Boli spoken in ...