Scientific Name : Peltophorum pterocarpum (DC.) Backer ex K.Heyne
Category : Angiosperms
Status : Alive
Habit : A big tree, young branches rusty-hairy. Leaves : Abruptly bipinnate, leaflets 8-10 pairs, oblong, obtuse, base oblique. Inflorescence : Yellow in terminal, racemose panicles. Flowers : Calyx cup-like, coppery-red, valvate. Petals 5, obovate, wavy yellow, hairy at base. Stamens 10 free, hairy at base, anthers golden-yellow. Ovary sessile, 1-3 ovules, style long and thread-like, stigma shield-like. Fruit : Pods flat, rusty red, oblong, thin at both ends. Flowering and Fruiting Time : September - November and March - May Significance : Planted as an ornamental tree on road sides.
Specimen Information
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Common Name(s):
पिवळा गुलमोहर, Copperpod
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Synonym(s):
Inga pterocarpa DC. Baryxylum ferrugineum (Decne.) F.N.Williams Baryxylum inerme Pierre Caesalpinia arborea Zoll. ex Miq. Caesalpinia ferruginea Decne. Caesalpinia inermis Roxb. Caesalpinia macklottii Zipp. ex Miq.
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Family:
Caesalpiniaceae
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Peltophorum pterocarpum (DC.) Backer ex K.Heyne
Copperpod
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