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Peltophorum pterocarpum (DC.) Backer ex Heyne

Synonym: Inga pterocarpa DC., Poinciana roxburghii G. Don, Peltophorum ferrugineum Benth.

CAESALPINIOIDEAE

Local Names : ചാരകൊന്ന, Copper pod tree, Yellow Flame Tree.

Flowering Period : Throughout the year.

Distribution : Native of Sri Lanka, Andamans, Malaya .

Uses:   Ornamental.

Exotic : Yes.

.Trees with young parts brown tomentulose. Leaves bipinnate, alternate, stipulate, pulvinate; pinnae 10-12 pairs, opposite, margin entire. Flowers bisexual, golden yellow, in terminal or lateral racemose panicles; calyx lobes 5, ovate; petals 5, subequal, crinkled; stamens 10, filaments free; ovary half inferior; stigma peltate. Fruit a pod, samaroid, oblong-elliptic

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