Location:

• State: Maharashtra
• Locality: Mumbai: At the Fort campus of Mumbai University

Botany:

• Common name: Cannonball Tree or Kailashpati: A relative of the edible Brazil Nut Tree, this South American tree is decorated with ballshaped woody fruit and strikingly curious flowers, resembling the Shiva lingam.
• Botanical species: Couroupita guianensis
• Botanical family : Lecythidaceae [Barringtonia]

Geography:

• Latitude: 18.92919722 ° north of the Equator
• Longitude: 72.83086111 ° east of the Prime Meridian
• Altitude: 14.2 metres above sea level

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Journey:

• Shooting Southwards
• Path : From Mumbai inland to Maharashtra, then south into Andhra and Karnataka and coastal Tamil Nadu
• Date photographed: 7.01.09

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