<p><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Lecythidaceae&amp;w=91314344@N00&amp;m=tags&amp;z=m">Lecythidaceae</a> (Brazil nut family) » <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Couroupitaguianensis&amp;w=91314344@N00&amp;m=tags&amp;z=m">Couroupita guianensis</a></i> Aubl.
</p><p><b>koo-roo-PEE-ta</b> -- Latinized form of the French Guiana vernacular name, <i>kouroupitoumou</i> ... <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=Couroupita">Dave's Botanary</a>
<b>gee-uh-NEN-sis</b> -- of or from French Guiana (Guyana), South America ... <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=guianensis">Dave's Botanary</a>
</p><p><b>commonly known as</b>: cannonball tree • <b>Bengali</b>: নাগলিঙ্গম nagalingam • <b>Gujarati</b>: શિવલીંગી shivalingi • <b>Hindi</b>: नागलिंगम् nagalingam, तोप गोला toap gola • <b>Kannada</b>: ನಾಗಲಿಂಗ ಪುಷ್ಪ ಮರ nagalinga pushpa mara • <b>Malayalam</b>: നാഗലിംഗം nagalingam • <b>Marathi</b>: कैलासपती kailasapati, नागलिंगम वृक्ष nagalingam vrksa • <b>Tamil</b>: நாகலிங்கம் nagalingam • <b>Telugu</b>: శివలింగపుష్పం shivalingapushpam
</p><p><b>Native to</b>: rainforests of Central and South America; widely cultivated in tropics &amp; subtropics
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<b>References</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Cannon%20Ball%20Tree.html">Flowers of India</a> • <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Couroupita_guianensis" class="extiw" title="en:Couroupita guianensis">Wikipedia</a> • <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/57539/index.html">Dave's Garden</a> • <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?11869">NPGS / GRIN</a>
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/91314344@N00">Dinesh Valke</a> from Thane, India
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