Saturday, December 03, 2005

RAIN OF GOLD... CHUVA-DE-OURO...








This beautiful tree in my garden is a native tree from Brazil, named Canafístula or Chuva-de-Ouro (mean in English "Rain of Gold"). The Cassia ferruginea, from the family Leguminosae-Caesalpinoideae, bears the most flagrant flowers, which are arranged in hanging racemes. The flowers appear in October, November and December. Beside the Chuva-de-Ouro stands the exuberant Mango Tree.

Photos by Sonia de Amorim Mascaro

27 comments:

  1. Oh they are Beautiful! I can almost smell them :O)

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  2. beautiful photos as always. You certainly have exotic trees to enjoy and how wonderful to have all that beauty and fragrance too. Wish you could share that as well as the photos :)

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  3. How lovely this tree is. I love those yellow flowers hanging down. Reminds me of wisteria somewhat.

    Great pictures as usual! Thanks for sharing them with us.

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  4. You have the most beautiful trees. I love seeing your pictures!

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  5. Sonia,
    Those blooms are amazing! HUGE! I think that someone here in San Diego has one of those. Thanks for sending me blog updates!

    Mary-Kay

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  6. Sonia--Luxurious! I would have to pull up a chair & sit by this tree all day long.

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  7. I wish it were raining gold here. Lovely tree.

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  8. Sonia, the tree is beautiful. It looks like a cross between orchids and wisteria.

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  9. Beautiful Sonia. And very different from our garden which is all covered in snow right now :-)

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  10. Beautiful......I love how we can share our scenery!

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  11. I found your blog from Dharma Bums site. The pictures you've posted are beautiful. These yellow flowers are great.

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  12. such beautiful color ... a sight for sore winter eyes!

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  13. Oh such beauty...magnificent blooms!! And Mango trees...yumm !! Reminds me of living in the tropics of Australia.

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  14. Sonia-- I tried to leave a comment last night, but Blogger was having problems.

    These yellow blossoms are so lovely. My brain produced the fragrance of gardenia when I was looking at them.

    I appreciate so much seeing the lush beauty of Brazil, while we are firmly in the grip of winter.

    Thank you.

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  15. Wow those are so bright and pretty, You really have quite a garden.

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  16. How beautiful! So nice to see green, it's dark and dreary in Virginia now. How wonderful to find someone in Brazil....Michele sent me!

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  17. very nice - we are always so happy to have visitors from other countries, but especially Brazil.

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  18. What gorgeous colours! Nothing like that here in the UK.........winter has set in already.

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  19. The beauty of your home and property that you so lovingly capture in your camera always delight me. Thanks, Sonia.

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  20. Absolutely Gorgeous..and such beautiful photo's....these look like a kind of Orchid I'ver seen..I know it isn't but it truly looks related to it! Amazing.

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  21. Sonia, what a treat, thank you for posting these photos, both in this post and the one below. Just beautiful.

    I will have to get my atlas out and try and work out where your home is on a map of Brazil. I'm intrigued now.

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  22. Wow, Sonia! Those trees look beautiful and I envy you the blue sky. We've been having overcast days.

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  24. Hi, Sonia,
    I enjoyed reading all your posts to my blog, especially that you share my memories (horrible though they may be!) of having ether.

    Now this Rain of Gold tree of yours, that is beautiful, and I'm wondering if it is related to a tree we have called laburnum http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/factsheets/trees-new/laburnum_anagyroides.html
    It looks like a smaller version of yours. (Sorry I couldn't figure out how to make that a live link)

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  25. The blossoms on the tree look like orchids. They are sublime!

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  26. Thank you Slap me silly sally, for your comment!

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