Flowering Trees of Kuching - May

Below are pictures of flowering trees in Kuching for  the month of May,2009.

Rain Tree flowers in Close Up ( Enterolobium saman ) 

Rain Tree in Long Shot

Flowers of the Tembusu in Close Up ( Fagraea fragrans )

Tembusu Tree in flower

Flowers of the Golden Shower in Close Up ( Cassia fistula )

The Golden Shower Tree in full bloom

Golden Shower

In the middle of Mile 7 town center where the above mini-park is I noticed today a row of Golden Shower ( Cassia fistula) trees that are in full flowering. The bright yellow flowers are in heavy clusters and sometimes envelop the whole tree. Being deciduous they will be left without leaves for a while after the flowering season is over. Flowers last for a few weeks and then fall on the ground below forming a thin yellow carpet .