The flame of the forest

In your book, Our Wondrous World (Chapter 4), Reena and Amit go with their family to their village near a forest, for a harvest festival. As they enter the village, they see trees full of bright orange-red flowers.

'What are those flowers called?' Reena asks. Her father smiles and tells her it is a Palash tree.

When the Palash flowers bloom, the whole forest looks reddish-orange from far away, like a fire. That is why Palash is called the 'flame of the forest'.

Many flowers have local names too. In Gujarat, Palash is called Kesuda.