Judas tree

English thumb|right|upright=1.13|Judas tree Etymology From a European folk belief that Judas Iscariot hanged himself on a tree of this species (the account in the Christian scriptures says he hanged himself, but gives no details). Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Judas tree.wav Southern England Noun A small deciduous tree, Cercis siliquastrum species, noted for its prolific display of deep-pink flowers in spring. en European redbud en 1762 The compendious System of Natural History w:The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure 30 June 297 https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000675638 The Spaniards and Portuguese title the siliquastrum the lovely tree, or tree of love; and we call it Judas tree, from a tradition, that it was the tree Judas hanged himself upon. en 1858 w:Adelaide Anne Procter The Wayside Inn Legends and Lyrics New York D. Appleton 119 https://archive.org/details/legendslyricsboo00proc children, drawing water,Looked up and paused to see,Amid the apple branches,A purple Judas tree. en 1926 w:Vita Sackville-West Passenger to Teheran London Leonard & Virginia Woolf Chapter V, II http://www.fadedpage.com/books/201410G8/html.php [The garden] is a tangle of briars and grey sage, and here and there a judas tree in full flower stains the whiteness of the tall planes with its incredible magenta. https://web.archive.org/web/20260218154512/https://www.fadedpage.com/books/201410G8/html.php 18 February 2026 Translations Cercis siliquastrum Albanian: sq rrushkuq m Arabic: ar أُرْجُوَان m, ar زَمْزَرِيق m, ar شَزْرِيق m, ar خَزْرِيق m Armenian: hy հուդայածառ, hy արճվան, hy լսնտորի, hy լուսնատերևի Middle Armenian: axm արճուան Azerbaijani: az Bulgarian: bg див рожков m Catalan: ca arbre de l'amor m Cherokee: chr ᏃᏓᏥ Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 南歐紫荊 Czech: cs zmarlika luštinatá, cs Jidášův strom, cs zmarlika Jidášova French: fr arbre de Judas, fr arbre de Judée Georgian: ka German: de Judasbaum m Greek: el κουτσουπιά f Ancient Greek: grc σημύδα f Hebrew: he כליל החורש כְּלִיל הַחֹרֶשׂ kǝlīl ha-ḣṓreš Hindi: hi अरगवान m Kazakh: kk Korean: ko 유럽박태기나무 Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ckb ئەرخەوان Northern Kurdish: kmr erxewan f Maltese: mt siġra ta' Ġuda f, mt ħarrub ta' Ġuda m Persian: fa ارغوان arġavân Polish: pl judaszowiec południowy m, pl judaszowiec wschodni m Portuguese: pt olaia f, pt árvore-de-judas f Russian: ru иу́дино де́рево n, ru багря́нник m, ru багря́нник европе́йский m, ru церцис европе́йский m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Јудино дрво n, sh ју̀дић m Latin: sh Judino drvo n, sh jùdić m Spanish: es arjorán m, es ciclamor m, es árbol del amor m, es algarrobo loco m, es árbol de Judas m Swedish: sv judasträd n Turkish: tr erguvan, tr deliboynuz Ukrainian: uk іу́дине де́рево n, uk багря́ник m, uk багря́ник європе́йський m, uk церцис європе́йський m Further reading Cercis siliquastrum 1 Cercis siliquastrum 1 1 Cercis siliquastrum en eponyms en Caesalpinia subfamily plants