Padauk Blossoms

PADAUK

Padauk blossoms this morning April 6, 2018 in Yangon

Pterocarpus macrocarpus. Pterocarpus macrocarpus, or the Burma padauk, is a tree native to the seasonal tropical forests of southeastern Asia: in Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Padauk blossoms after the first rain in Summer month of April just before the Thingyan Festival

It is highly considered as one of the national symbols of Myanmar