538 — Number of the plant
at the book: The Mother. The Spiritual Significance of Flowers.- 1-st Ed. / Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust, Pondicherry (India).- Singapore: Ho Printing, 2000.- ISBN 81-7058-609-7
Classification
► Division Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
► Class Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
► Subclass Asteridae
► Order Dipsacales
► Family Caprifoliaceae - Honeysuckle family
Synonyms
Common names
Elder (English)
Elderberry (English)
Elders (English)
Sureau (French)
Description
Tiny lightly fragrant cream white flowers with five slightly recurved petals and five radiating stamens creating a starlike effect; borne in large terminal cymes. A shrub or small tree with pithy stems.
My body is at rest and my soul blossoms in light: what kind of a charm hast Thou put into these trees in flower?
The Mother. Collected Works of the Mother.- Volume 1.- Prayers And Meditations
