Common names (English):

Yellow Bells, Trumpet-flower, Yellow Elde

Local name (Kannada):

Habit: Shrub

Distribution:

Native of South America.

Use: Ornamental

Description:

Large shrub to small trees. Leaves opposite, pinnate; leaflets elliptic-ovate, acuminate at apex, margins sharply toothed, the terminal leaf-left much larger than the laterals. Flowers in short terminal panicles, bright yellow. Calyx tubular-campanulate. Corolla tube ca. 3 cm long, abruptly contracted at the base, sparse pubescent within and glandulose towards the base; lobes subequal. Stamens included. Disc shallow cupular, 5-lobed, fleshy. Capsule linear capsule.