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Vietnam Colors of life18

Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, is located at the eastern edge of the Indochinese Peninsula, covering 331,699 sq. km, with a population of over 98 million inhabitants, making it the world's 15th-most populous country.

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Vietnam Colors of life18

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  1. Colors of life

  2. Bombax ceiba season (Gao Flower) Bombax ceiba is reminded with a peaceful, close and reminiscent beauty of the Northern villages of Vietnam. As a symbol of March, each Bombax ceiba blooming season shows the signal of upcoming brilliant summer

  3. Red Silk Cotton Flower (Bombax ceiba )

  4. Red Silk Cotton Flower (Bombax ceiba ) Thay Pagoda, Quoc Oai District, Hanoi

  5. March is the time for Hoa Gao (literally rice flower in English), a loving Vietnamese name for Bombax Ceiba - is in full bloom. All the old leaves fall down, leaving the tree with only flowers. The trees now look like a burning torch with hundreds of red fires

  6. Red silk cotton flower is a popular flower of the Northern Vietnamese villages. Living in tropical climates, bombax ceiba has a straight tall trunk and its leaves are fallen in winter. Cup-shaped flowers with five red petals appear at the end of spring, before the new foliage. After 2 week blooming, the flowers fall to the ground and become the favorite toy for poor children in the village. Thus, red silk cotton flower season reminds people about their home villages and peaceful childhood when they were playing with friends under the shade of the red silk cotton tree.

  7. Hoa Gao is popular flowers of Vietnamese Northern villages. Hoa Gao is often attached with the childhoods of many Vietnamese generations

  8. Hoa Gao (Bombax ceiba), Cotton Tree in English. The Vietnamese name translates to “Rice Flower”

  9. Fruit capsules, woody valves. 10-13 cm in length. Seeds smooth, black or grey embedded in long white wool

  10. Growing to an average of 20 meters, bombax ceiba sometimes can reach up to 60 meters in wet tropical regions

  11. The trunk and limb bear various conical spines particularly when young, but get eroded when getting older

  12. As being the reminders of prosperity and tranquility, bombax ceiba trees are often seen near temples or the entrances to villages

  13. At the National Historical Museum, the ancient red silk cotton flower trees 30 meters high brilliantly bloom

  14. The dry cores of the Hoa Gao  flower are an essential ingredient of the  spicy noodle soup

  15. Cotton tree flowers are one of the fundamental ingredients of the famous Five Flower Herbal Tea, a summertime herbal tea drink that people in northern Vietnam consume to replenish the body or prevent flu

  16. The flowers are antipyretic, diuretic, are a good remedy to treat dysentery and are effective in removing excessive dampness from the body. Due to their cool nature, they help relieve summer heat

  17. In fact, every part of the plant carries nourishing properties: the barks are anti-rheumatic and help promote circulation and dispel swelling whereas the roots are fibrinolytic and analgesic

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