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Couroupita guianensis
''Couroupita guianensis'', known by several common names, including cannonball tree, is a deciduous tree in the family Lecythidaceae, which also contains the Brazil nut (''Bertholletia excelsa'') and Paradise nut ''Lecythis zabucajo''. It is native to the rainforests of Central and South America.〔Mitré, M. 1998. (''Couroupita guianensis''. ) In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. Downloaded on 30 May 2013.〕 It is cultivated in many other places.〔(''Couroupita guianensis''. ) Germplasm Resources Information Network.〕
==Cultural Recognition in Sri Lanka==
The " Sal " tree commonly grown in Sri Lanka is not the variety of " Sal " trees on which Queen Maya, the mother of Gautama Lord Buddha had held onto when the Buddha was born while she was wending her way through a forest of Sal Trees. Queen Maya is believed to have held a blossoming Sal tree when the Buddha was born.
Since then the ' Sal Tree ' had been revered by most people in Sri Lanka and most Buddhist temples in the country planted these trees, thinking that this tree was ' Sal '; but it was not so. The so-called ' Sal tree 'in Sri Lanka, is in reality the Cannon Ball Tree and had its origin in Guyana. It was introduced to the Botanical Gardens in 1881 and from here it spread around the country.
The real "Sal Tree" is ''Shorea robusta'' is a handsome tree providing very high quality timber quite unlike the Cannon Ball tree. It is a tree within the family Dipterocarpaceae, where are Cannonball tree is under the family Lecythidaceae. ''Shorea robusta'' is also referred to as ' salwa’, ‘sakhu’,’shal’ and also ‘kander’ in Asian countries. It is native to Burma, Assam, Bengal and Nepal, lives up to a period of 100 years. It reaches a height of around 35m and has a girth of around 2 to 3m. 〔http://www.sundaytimes.lk/070916/News/news00026.html〕
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