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Interesting fact: the Jaya Srī Mahā Bodhi tree in Anurādhapura, Srī Laṅkā was grown from a cutting of the original Bodhi tree, which was brought by Emperor Asoka's daughter, Saṅghamittā, in the 3rd c BCE. It is THE SAME ORGANISM as the original Bodhi tree. If only it could speak.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaya_Sri_Maha_Bodhi
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The white flowers of the sala tree (沙羅) bloom at the arrival of the Rainy Season in June.
Because they open in the morning and fall by evening, they have become associated with transience. They are 1 of 3 sacred Buddhist trees (the others being the linden and pipal/bodhi tree).