Rain of Gold (348626750)

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Description: Common name: Slender goldshower, Thriallis, Rain of Gold, Spray of Gold Botanical name: Galphimia glauca (syn. Galphimia tristellateia australasiae, syn. Galphimia gracilis, syn. Galphimia gracillis, syn. Thryallis glauca) - [ (gal-FIM-ee-uh) anagram of Malpighia, to which it is closely related; (GLAW-kuh) Bloom has thin powder (like plums) ] Family: Malpighiaceae (Barbados cherry family) Origin: Tropical America The Malpighiaceae, a family of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales, comprises approximately 75 genera and 1300 species of the tropics and subtropics. About 80% of the genera and 90% of the species occur in the New World (West Indies and the southernmost United States to Argentina) and the rest in the Old World (Africa, Madagascar, and Indomalaysia to New Caledonia and the Philippines). Courtesy: - Flowers of India - Dave's Garden - TopTropicals - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Note: Identification attempted; may not be accurate. Date: 6 January 2007, 10:50. Source: Rain of Gold. Author: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India. Camera location19° 15′ 15.32″ N, 72° 58′ 31.39″ E View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 19.254255; 72.975386.