Indigenous Indian trees! A glorious display of wild Indian species of trees growing in a city forest in New Delhi, India. Buahinea variegata or kachnar and Silk Cotton tree or Sehmal / Semal (Bombax malabaricum).

Bauhinia variegata is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to southeastern Asia, from southern China west to Pakistan and India. Common names include Orchid tree, Camel's Foot Tree and Mountain-ebony. It is called Kachnar (Hindi), (Punjabi), (Urdu) or Kanchan (Bengali) in India.

Var. candida in Hyderabad, India.

It is a small to medium-sized tree growing to 10--12 m tall, deciduous in the dry season. The leaves are 10--20 cm long and broad, rounded, and bilobed at the base and apex. The flowers are conspicuous, bright pink or white, 8--12 cm diameter, with five petals. The fruit is a pod 15--30 cm long, containing several seeds.

Source - Wikipedia

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Palas, Dhak or Butea monosperma (erstwhile frondosa) tree in flower in Delhi, with a Rose-ring Parakeet eating the petals.

Flame-of-the-Forest or dhak tree in blossom!