The flowers are dried, then pounded and finally prepared into bread[si] (chapati?) either with or without the admixture of other flour. The gum of the tree is also eaten. (Garhwal Himalayas): buds and ...

The second edition of the Simolu festival, celebrating the breath-taking beauty of the Bombax ceiba flowers, kicked off on February 15 in Assam's Nagaon district. The two-day-long festival ...