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Java Cassia or Pink Shower Tree

Cassia javanica

Photo by SukanyaDatta
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Description:

Medium-sized tree (or perhaps it was stunted growing in this cold desert region) that looked absolutely stuning covered in these pale pink blossoms.

Habitat:

Alongside the steps of Spituk Monastery of Ladakh.

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Cassia javanica

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PublishedJune 27, 2014

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