Cempaka Flower
Cempaka flower is indigenous to certain areas of South East Asia. It is a very fragrant flower, and widely used in Bali in many purpose.
An offering in the form of canang will never completed if it doesn’t have any fragrant, therefore Balinese use to add this flower. Another kind of this flower, which is bigger and yellow color is the favorite one.Cempaka also as a hair decoration for Balinese dancer or when praying at the temple.
You can sometimes find this Cempaka tree in Balinese house compound.
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11 Responses to “Cempaka Flower”
November 27th, 2006 at 9:49 pm
Cempaka Flower in bali I think is not just for offering , pray, and decoration. It is have other benefit too, for beauty and healthy.Champaka flower now already be natural material for traditional soap, It was Moistened and refined skin and also the essential oil of champaka is good for increased the spirit, the happy atmosphere, the warmth ,relaxation , reduced the fear and lonely. Want to try just visit http://borehbali.com .Get any traditional spa products from bali.
gek
November 30th, 2006 at 4:19 am
thanks gek for your additional information.
June 1st, 2007 at 11:20 am
Hi,very colorful flowers and other photoes in this article nice website. I will come here usaually to support you.
June 1st, 2007 at 8:22 pm
thanks beauty …
June 3rd, 2007 at 7:12 am
So beautiful photoes of these lovely flowers. So is this article here,and. I will often come. Pls keep it.
July 20th, 2007 at 12:36 am
cempaka……..hmmmmmmmz
bunga yang indah coz that’s my name……….
kuat………..
harum……………
n yang pazti very beautifully
September 21st, 2007 at 12:51 am
Hi,very colorful article in this nice website. I will come here usaually to support you.So beautiful photoes of these lovely flowers. So is this article here,and. I will often come. Pls keep it.
October 13th, 2007 at 12:50 am
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October 28th, 2007 at 11:22 pm
Hi there,
question: Anybody knows the latin name or the german one of Cempaka??
I love this flower in my garden, now I have another kind too, they call it Cepaka China, but have nothing to do with a “Dwarf Magnolia”…..
Thanks.
October 29th, 2007 at 7:58 pm
I search in google, the latin name of cempaka is “Mechelia champaka”, I have one too in my garden. There are two kind, the white one (picture above) and the yellow one which I thing has stronger fragrant.
July 7th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
That was a great post. I will have to bookmark this site so I can read it later.