chewing the tender

head of the konna tree

the giraffe in solar halo ~

Notes ~

Kani-konna ~ An yellow gently scented flower used for religious ritualistic worship ~It is also an ayurvedic medicine ~ For Malayalam New Year day Vishu for the Kani [the auspicious morning sight ritual], Konna is indispensable and hence the epithet kani before konna [luminous clusters] ~ The Konna tree can grow much taller than a giraffe !!