Common name: Cannon Ball Tree, {Nagalinga नागलिंग, Tope gola तोप गोला} (Hindi), {Lingada mara, Nagalingam (Kannada)}, Shivalingam (Marathi), Kaman gola (Bengali), Naagalingam நாகலிங்கம்(Tamil)
Botanical name: Couroupita guianensis
- [ (gee-uh-NEN-sis) of or from French Guiana (Guyana), South America ]
Synonyms: Couratari pedicellaris, Lecythis bracteata, Pekea couroupitaFamily: Lecythidaceae
Origin: tropical America
Tree from Guiana with large, fragrant flowers borne on long tangled stems on main trunk below the foliage branches. Fruits spherical, the size of cannon balls.