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The Judas Tree – L’arbre de Judée

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I took this photo in the car through the windscreen but the amazing effect of these flowering trees whose scientific name is Cercis silliquastrum was not to be missed. There is a myth that Judas Iscariot hanged himself from a tree of this species but it could also be a corruption of the French arbre de Judée, meaning tree of Judea referring to the hilly regions of that country where the tree used to be common.

J’ai pris cette photo dans la voiture à travers le pare-brise parce que je ne voulais pas manquer l’effet spectaculaire de ces arbres à floraison printanière dont le nom scientifique est Cercis silliquatrum. En anglais on l’appelle arbre de Judas, sans doute une corruption de Judée, la région vallonnée dont il semble être originaire.

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