The vermicelli flower tree (also known as curtain flower tree or white flower) is located on Dinh Thon Street, My Dinh 1, Nam Tu Liem District, which is blooming with white flowers, surprising many people with its strange beauty. According to the elderly living in Dinh Thon village, the vermicelli flower tree was planted about 300 years ago. Around the tree base is protected by a fence, inside there is a shrine to the spirit of the old tree. Noodle plants usually flower around April – June, depending on the climate conditions where the flowering time may be earlier or later. The flower cluster at the end of the branch, carries many large white or milky white flowers, sometimes yellow-orange. The vermicelli tree is native to Japan, Australia, widely distributed in Asian countries such as China (there are many in Guangdong, Hainan, called Carpentry), Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Myanmar, Nepal. , The Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam and a few in the South Pacific islands. Lured by the beauty of the vermicelli flowers, many people stopped to take pictures and enjoy. For unknown reasons, rice vermicelli trees are often planted near temples, pagodas and shrines. In the central provinces such as Quang Nam, Ninh Thuan, Thua Thien – Hue …, the vermicelli flower tree is very familiar to the people, but in Hanoi not many people know about this tree. The vermicelli flower cluster is located at the end of the branch, carries many large white or milky white flowers, sometimes yellow-orange, each flower carries from 13 to 18 stamens to tens of cm long, red or purple stamens. When the flowers bloom, the stamens flock in front of the petals to look like a spider, so Bun Tree has the English name Spider Tree (spider tree). In the condition of moist soil, thick soil layer, high fertility, flowers bloom when the plant is full of leaves, forming white patches on the green background of the canopy, which looks beautiful. In contrast, in the arid, nutrient-poor land, the vermicelli trees flower when the branches have almost removed their leaves, causing the whole tree to carry a white arch or a milky-white dome with a yellowish-orange mark. For a long time, in many places in southern China and Southeast Asia, people have chosen the vermicelli tree as the landscape tree. In many Asian countries, including Vietnam, trees are often grown in temples, pagodas … so it is also called Temple Plant. One resident recorded the beauty of the rice noodle plant. Beautiful and strange, every flower season, many passersby stop to enjoy and take pictures. In India, the vermicelli fruit is used as a diuretic, soothing and anti-inflammatory … Fruit bark is used in the treatment of urinary system dysfunction, urinary tract infections, pain and burning in urination. , kidney stones and bladder … Some medicinal plant documents in Vietnam have published a few species of vermicelli, scientifically named Crateva nurvala and Crateva unilocularis, with effects similar to the above species.

The vermicelli flower tree in Dinh Thon village (Nam Tu Liem district, Hanoi) is nearly 300 years old; Become a symbol of the village and stick with generations.

The tree is about 30 meters high, and the broad canopy highlights a corner of the village.

In the early days of April, the people passing here were amazed at the blooming noodle tree to welcome the summer sun.

According to the people here, the vermicelli flower tree, also known as “white flower” or “curtain”, is a wide canopy wooden tree, which blooms most in late March to early April.

Noodle flower plant has 2 characteristic colors: yellow and white. With a pleasant aroma and when blooming, the pistil has a shape like a vermicelli, each flower cluster resembles a vermicelli and the whole flower plant is like a basket of vermicelli. Therefore, people call this plant the vermicelli flower.

For many places such as in Quang Nam, Ninh Thuan, Thua Thien – Hue … bun flowers are very familiar, but in Hanoi there are very few people who know, because looking for eyestrain, there is only one tree in Dinh Thon, which is large and long-standing. Best. In addition, some smaller trees appear in the area of ​​Ha Dong district, Dong Da district.

Seen from above, the vermicelli tree blooms brilliantly like any other flower.

Considering the vermicelli flower tree to be the “treasure” tree of the village, everyone here treasures and dares not to cut flowers to break branches.

These days, many photographers flock here to take pictures of this unique flower.

Another vermicelli flower tree in Hanoi is planted in the B2 dormitory, Vinh Ho street.

Although the vermicelli tree here is smaller than 300 years old in Dinh Thon, the beauty is not inferior.

Sitting under the tree canopy, sipping tea and enjoying the pleasant scent of the vermicelli flower has become a familiar feeling of the people for many years here./.