Vietnam Colors of life10

1. Colors of life

2. Delonix regia is a species of flowering plant in the bean family Fabaceae, native to Madagascar. In many tropical parts of the world it is grown as an ornamental tree and in English it is given the name royal poinciana, flamboyant, flame of the forest, or flame tree (one of several species given this name)

4. In Vietnam, this tree is called "phoenix's tail", and is a popular urban tree in much of Vietnam

6. Flamboyant is the symbol of Vietnam’s summer. Whenever this tree flowers, it means the summer has been coming Its flowering season is May–July, which coincides with the end of the school year in Vietnam. Because of this timing, the flower of poinciana is sometimes called the "pupil's flower”

7. Delonix regia

8. The tree is commonly found on school grounds in Vietnam, however after several trees incidents where the tree fell on students, with one student killed, schools started cutting down or severely pruning the trees

9. Delonix regia

10. From the Central to the North, the Franco-Vietnamese schools planted phoenixes in the early 20th century, starting from an educational decree of the Governor-General of Indochina Paul Beau

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12. Flamboyant flower – the school age flower, connects to the school memories of many Vietnamese student generations

15. Flamboyant trees are called “the flower of school age” because it starts to bloom when the academic year ends

16. No need to flip the calendar, just see the phoenix flowers blooming in red, young and old will know the school year is about to end

17. Delonix regia

19. Phuong (Delonix regia) is grown all over Vietnamese soil because this plant has a very high adaptability whether it is salty coastal land or where the water is dug nearly a hundred meters deep in the rocky hillock

22. Many local girls find the ao dai, Vietnam's traditional dress, the right attire for a picture with the flamboyants

24. Hanoi is glowing red in the phoenix flower season

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32. Red Phoenix is considered  the most impressive summer flower

33. Hanoi is glowing red in the phoenix flower season, Red Phoenix tree is often 10-15 meters tall

34. Hai Phong is nicknamed Thanh pho hoa phuong do ("City of red poinciana“)

35. There is a city because of the love of this flower, phoenix is planted everywhere and it is called the city of red phoenix flowers. That is the coastal city of Hai Phong.

37. With more than 4,000 blooming flamboyant trees and hundreds of bang lang (Lagerstroemia) trees, the road named after late Prime Minister Pham Van Dong in the northern port city of Hai Phong is the longest road of flamboyant trees in Vietnam

39. Lagerstroemia calyculata known as the "Guava Crape Myrtle"

41. Pham Van Dong Street, which connects the city center with the tourist resort area of Do Son, is 18 km long and has more than 4,000 trees. It is dubbed the longest flower road in Vietnam

42. The species originated in Madagascar was planted in Vietnam by the French in the 19th century

43. Hai Phong has used it profitably to create green streets

44. Delonix regia (royal poinciana, flamboyant, flame of the forest)