Soon after moving to
this side of Parle, I discovered what pleasure it is, to take a morning walk in
the Prabhodhankar Thakrey garden. I started my morning walks in June. Within a
couple of weeks, it rained and made the place prettier. A few days later, I was
welcomed by a heady fragrance. Upon looking around I spotted a number of medium
sized trees laden with bunches of tiny white blossoms giving out the smell. The
smell was at once mild but totally mesmerising. I didn’t feel like leaving the
garden that day.
I was eagerly looking
forward to the walk next day. But the blossoms and the fragrance were gone. It
was only a one day show! Everyday I waited for the flowering and it happened
once again. It was magical how suddenly one day the tree would be covered in
white, to be stripped of this the next day itself. As I walked around the area
I saw this plant fairly widely distributed. It grows wild even on road
dividers. So I have got myself a sapling from the roadside. Still encountering
any tree of this variety made my heart flutter with the fondness of someone in
love. I asked so many people about the plant’s details. Finally, I found the
answer in ‘Trees Of Mumbai”. It is a
kunti- kamini tree.
Earlier I found peepal
to be the prettiest tree. But now I am totally bewitched by the kunti kamini
tree. I feel lucky that I live in an area which has large numbers of this tree
and that they are actively increasing their numbers by growing wild everywhere.
I hope my pot-sapling will grow well.
I still look forward to
spotting a new sample and I am really propelled into a state of great happiness
when I see the kunti kamini tree. This is nothing but falling in love.
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