Three kinds of Monkey Puzzles in Bangalore…

I posted once about the

Monkey Puzzle Tree

with its beautiful leaves (go see the huge trees near the Glass House  in Lalbagh, if you can!)


and later, I got the

Monkey Puzzle Butterfly

amongst other things, on a nature trail:

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A few days ago, it was very nice to see that someone still cares about our Bangalore heritage, and has re-created the Monkey Puzzle architectural detail for their home:

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Possibly this feature was so called because monkeys used to sit on it…it’s also called "Monkey Top".

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