Peltophorum pterocarpum (DC.) Backer ex Heyne
Peltophorum pterocarpum (DC.) Backer ex Heyne
Family: Leguminosae
Copper pod tree, Rusty shield bearer, Yellow Flame Tree, Yellow Poinciana
Local name (Kannada):
Habit: Tree
Distribution:
Native of Sri Lanka, Andamans, Malaya Peninsula and North Australia
Use: Ornamental.
Description:
Trees, 16-20 m high, young parts brown tomentulose. Leaves bipinnate, alternate; pinnae 10-12 pairs, opposite; leaflets 14-38, opposite, sessile, oblong, base obliquely truncate, apex obtuse or retuse. Flowers bisexual, golden yellow, in terminal or lateral racemose panicles. Calyx lobes 5. Petals 5, subequal. Stamens 10, filaments free. Pod, 5-12 cm long, samaroid, oblong-elliptic, longitudinally striated; seeds 1-4.