Buddhism is regarded as a sacred tree-- worry-free flowers

Worry-free flower, refers to the Chinese worry-free flower, also known as flame flower. It is an evergreen tree with dense branches and leaves, large and red flowers, such as flames when it is in full bloom, hence its name. Worry-free flowers belong to positive tree species, like plenty of sunshine, slightly higher requirements for water and fertilizer conditions, fewer diseases and insect pests, easy to manage, set greening, beautification, colorful flowers in one.

Worry-free flower

Trees, 5-20 m tall; DBH to 25 cm. Leaves have 5-6 pairs of leaflets, young leaves purplish red, pendulous; leaflets subleathery, long elliptic, ovate-lanceolate or long Obovate, 15-35 cm long and 5-12 cm wide, base 1 pair often smaller, apex acuminate, acute or obtuse, base cuneate, lateral veins 8-11 pairs; petiolules 7-12 mm long. Inflorescences axillary, larger, rachis hairy or subglabrous; involucre large, broadly ovate, hairy, caducous; bracts ovate, lanceolate or oblong, 1.5-5 cm long and 6-20 mm wide. The lower one is the largest, gradually smaller upward, hairy or glabrous, caducous or late; bracteoles homomorphic to bracts, but much smaller than bracts; flowers yellow, posterior part (calyx lobes base and disk, stamens, style) turn red, bisexual or unisexual; pedicels shorter than calyx tube, jointless; calyx tube 1.5-3 cm long, lobes oblong, 4-lobed, sometimes 5-6, ciliate. Stamens 8-10, of which 1-2 are often subulate, filaments prominent, anthers oblong, 3-4 mm long; ovary slightly curved, glabrous or hairy along two sutures and stalks. Pods brown, flattened, 22-30 cm long and 5-7 cm wide, petals curly; seeds 5-9, different shapes, flattened, with a shallow groove in the center of both sides. The flowering period is from April to May and the fruiting period is from July to October.

Worry-free flower

This species can store lac insects, and is an excellent host of shellac insects; bark is used as medicine to treat rheumatism and menorrhagia. Because of the large and beautiful flowers, it is a good garden greening and ornamental tree species.

The worry-free flowers in Cambodia's Phnom Penh Palace, with tall trunks and beautiful flowers, are sacred flowers in Buddhism.

Worry-free flowers in Xishuangbanna, the Dai people believe in Hinayana Buddhism, many plants related to Buddhism have been widely planted and worshipped, worry-free flower is one of them.

Worry-free flower

Legend has it:

More than 2500 years ago, in the northwest of ancient India, at the foot of the Himalayas (present-day Nepal), there was a kingdom of Kapilov. King Jingfan King and Queen Mahaboye married for many years without children, until when the Queen was 45 years old, one night, she dreamt that a white elephant came into the air and broke into her womb-the Queen was pregnant. According to the custom of ancient India at that time, women had to go back to their mother's home to give birth when they became pregnant for the first time. On the eve of giving birth, Queen Mahaboye took a sedan chair carried by an elephant to her mother's house to give birth. When she passed through Lumbini Garden, she felt a little tired and got off the sedan chair to rest in the garden. When the Queen Mahaboye walked under a verdant tree full of golden flowers and reached out to support the tree trunk, she startled her fetus and gave birth to a generation of sage-Sakyamuni. Therefore, almost every Dai village in Xishuangbanna has temples, and almost every temple is surrounded by worry-free flowers. In addition, some families who do not have children but want to have children often plant a worry-free flower in front and behind the house.