Gulmohar- The flame tree 🍁🍁

Gulmohar or Delonix regia is a species of flowering plant from the Fabaceae family found in Madagascar by botanist Wensel Bojer.
It’s flame like flowers catches everyone’s attention...more than just eye-catching beauty, Gulmohar’s wide-spread branches offer shade from the scorching sun in the summer.

Whenever I look at the Gulmohar tree I feel so nostalgic,I remember my childhood days. I have fond memories of Gulmohar tree which was in my grandparents house in Jalgoun. And I remember my summer vacation time playing around Gulmohar tree with my siblings and cousins. 

It was a huge Gulmohar tree and looked beautiful bloomed with red and orange flowers during summers.I remember I used to stare at the tree every evening and it gave a sense of satisfaction and peace to me. Even now whenever I see  Gulmohar tree I feel so happy . It takes me straight to my childhood in my Granny’s house, my grandparents are no more now but I feel I m still there playing with my brothers and sister under the huge Gulmohar tree.

Calm afternoons under the tree which were spent mostly playing girly games or puzzles,Ludo,carrom with my cousins, evening bliss in picking all the Gulmohar flowers and decorating them in a vase. Cosy summer nights with family under the Gulmohar tree in the garden ....there was a swing under the Gulmohar tree and every night we all used to gather together to listen stories from our grandfather....While listening I used to look at the Gulmohar flowers lying on the grass in the night ......their smell ,colour everything is still stored in my mind with all the childhood stories.....sooo many beautiful memories are related with this tree.

After my grandparents died that house was sold,sometimes I feel like going there once again just to be a small kid again and to play under that Gulmohar tree with my siblings,hope it’s still there.

People come and go...places change but some things always remain in our heart,some memories are unforgettable.