Flower Tree - Blue Marble Tree 球果杜英(金剛菩提子) - Elaeocarpus angustifolius Blume (Blue Marble Tree) 圆果杜英 @Sri Veeramakaali Ammen Temple Compound

Flower Tree - Blue Marble Tree 球果杜英(金剛菩提子) - Elaeocarpus angustifolius Blume (Blue Marble Tree) 圆果杜英 @Sri Veeramakaali Ammen Temple Compound (2025 0714)

Elaeocarpus angustifolius Blume (Blue Marble Tree) 圆果杜英 (1 Tree)

Scientific Name: Elaeocarpus ganitrus.

Family: Tiliaceae.

Flowers: Small, fragrant, white flowers that appear in spring.

Fruit: Small, spherical, blue (or violet-blue) fruits that contain the Rudraksha beads. The blue color is due to structural color, not a pigment.

Beads: The hard seeds (beads) extracted from the fruit are used for prayer beads and are considered sacred in Hinduism and Buddhism.

Native to the Himalayan foothills, parts of India (Uttarakhand, Assam, West Bengal), and South India. New Caledonia and northern Australia.

Locate: Sri Veeramakaali Ammen Temple Compound