✅Bahava in Marathi and Amaltas in Hindi is also commonly known as The Golden Shower tree or India Laburnum.
✅It is native to the Indian subcontinent and is a medium-sized deciduous tree. It is the official state flower of Kerala and Delhi UT.
✅To commemorate this tree a stamp was released in 1981. Its fruit pods are of great medicinal value.
✅Bahava is a larval host plant for many butterflies, especially the Emigrants and Yellows.
✅The tree is blooming right now and there are two individuals of Bahava in the Empress Botanical Garden.
Photo credits: Manashree Bapat
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