Neolamarckia cadamba
Rubiaceae (madder, bedstraw, or coffee family) » Neolamarckia cadamba
nee-oh-la-MAR-kee-uh -- named for Jean Baptiste de Monet Lamarck, French naturalist
kuh-duhm-bah -- from Sanskrit kadamba, name for this plant
commonly known as: burrflower tree, kadam, leichhardt pine • Assamese: kadam, roghu • Bengali: কদম kadam, নীপ nipa • Garo: mi-bol • Hindi: कदम्ब kadamb • Kannada: kadam, kaduavalatige • Malayalam: katampu • Marathi: कदंब kadamb, नीव nhiv • Mizoram: banphar • Oriya: priyakah • Sanskrit: हरिप्रिय haripriya, कदम्ब kadamba • Tamil: கடம்பம் katampam, வெள்ளை கதம்பு vellaikkatampu • Telugu: కదంబకము kadambakamu
Origin: South and south-east Asia
... fragrant flowers yellow to orange, small, in dense, globose heads, upto 55 mm diameter ... appear like solid, hairy orange balls.
References: Flowers of India • ENVIS - FRLHT • Wikipedia
Neolamarckia cadamba
Rubiaceae (madder, bedstraw, or coffee family) » Neolamarckia cadamba
nee-oh-la-MAR-kee-uh -- named for Jean Baptiste de Monet Lamarck, French naturalist
kuh-duhm-bah -- from Sanskrit kadamba, name for this plant
commonly known as: burrflower tree, kadam, leichhardt pine • Assamese: kadam, roghu • Bengali: কদম kadam, নীপ nipa • Garo: mi-bol • Hindi: कदम्ब kadamb • Kannada: kadam, kaduavalatige • Malayalam: katampu • Marathi: कदंब kadamb, नीव nhiv • Mizoram: banphar • Oriya: priyakah • Sanskrit: हरिप्रिय haripriya, कदम्ब kadamba • Tamil: கடம்பம் katampam, வெள்ளை கதம்பு vellaikkatampu • Telugu: కదంబకము kadambakamu
Origin: South and south-east Asia
... fragrant flowers yellow to orange, small, in dense, globose heads, upto 55 mm diameter ... appear like solid, hairy orange balls.
References: Flowers of India • ENVIS - FRLHT • Wikipedia