Erguvan is also known as the Judas Tree or as European Redbud.
Not only the tree, but also its flowers and the reddish-purple colour of those flowers are called “erguvan” in Turkish.
The Judas tree had white flowers in the beginning. But its flowers turned into reddish-purple because of the shame that the tree felt for Judas hanging himself on a Judas Tree after betraying Christ. And also the reddish-purple of judas trees was the colour of Byzantine royal family; only members of the Byzantine royalty could wear clothes which had the colour of flowers of Judas Trees, and the heirs of Byzantine Empire were all born in a room which was coloured as such, because it was believed that the Byzantine Empire was founded on the day when the Judas Trees bloomed.
It is said that Theodora, Empress of the Byzantine Empire, declined the advise of fleeing from rioters of Nika riots by saying, “The most beautiful shroud is erguvan coloured cape.”
Not only the tree, but also its flowers and the reddish-purple colour of those flowers are called “erguvan” in Turkish.
The Judas tree had white flowers in the beginning. But its flowers turned into reddish-purple because of the shame that the tree felt for Judas hanging himself on a Judas Tree after betraying Christ. And also the reddish-purple of judas trees was the colour of Byzantine royal family; only members of the Byzantine royalty could wear clothes which had the colour of flowers of Judas Trees, and the heirs of Byzantine Empire were all born in a room which was coloured as such, because it was believed that the Byzantine Empire was founded on the day when the Judas Trees bloomed.
It is said that Theodora, Empress of the Byzantine Empire, declined the advise of fleeing from rioters of Nika riots by saying, “The most beautiful shroud is erguvan coloured cape.”
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