📷 Filao trees #TreeTuesday🌳 from @andr1an0 🏞️😊

Hello steemians,

Today I show you on #treetuesday of filao trees which grow mainly on the coastal region of Mauritius.  This picture was taken last week at Flic en Flac beach. 

The vegetation of Mauritius is lush and green, with a great many filao and flame trees dotted around the island, the former particularly common along the island's beaches. These slender conifers with fine branches covered in needles are most commonly referred to by their Portuguese name, though the English often know the 'filao' tree as a 'casuarina'. No matter what you call them, you can't help but admire their silhouette swaying in the trade winds, offering a welcome spot of shade at picnic time or for a nap by the lagoon. The flame trees, meanwhile, are so-called because of the abundance of red flowers covering them in late November and early December. Originally from India, they belong to the banyan family and are planted all along the roadsides, forming tunnels with their branches meeting in the middle, so you're guaranteed to get some spectacular photographs! To make sure you catch a glimpse of them, take a drive around the little roads up in the north of the island, particularly around the Grand Baie area. 

Photos taken with my iPhone 6S Plus without editing.

 Lovely Regards,

Andriano