Tree Tale | Brownea Grandiceps | Hindi
Channel: Arvind Gupta
Date: 2015-04-21

This tree is called Browneagrandiceps. It is popularly known as the Rose of Venezuela. This tree originated in South America but is now grown widely as a decorative tree in Tropical gardens. The Rose of Venezuela is a slow growing tree eventually reaching a height of 20-feet. The drooping leaves are pale green when they first unfold. Then they become pink and brown and finally turn green. The globular inflorescence contains numerous red and crimson bell shaped flowers. The Rose of Venezuela flowers produce copious amounts of nectar. They attract bees, butterflies and hummingbirds too. The seeds of the Rose of Venezuela are contained in long green furry pods. Here the old pod has turned brown and split and dispersed the seeds. This work was supported by IUCAA and Tata Trust. This film was made by Ashok Rupner TATA Trust: Education is one of the key focus areas for Tata Trusts, aiming towards enabling access of quality education to the underprivileged population in India. To facilitate quality in teaching and learning of Science education through workshops, capacity building and resource creation, Tata Trusts have been supporting Muktangan Vigyan Shodhika (MVS), IUCAA's Children’s Science Centre, since inception. To know more about other initiatives of Tata Trusts, please visit www.tatatrusts.org