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Leguminosae
Peltophorum (Vogel) Benth.
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Sogabark peltophorum is a beautiful ornamental tree. The timber is reputed to be good for cabinet work.
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Unarmed trees. Leaves 2-pinnate, lacking specialised glands on petiole and rhachis. Leaflets opposite on each pinna. Inflorescence a raceme. Flowers bisexual. Calyx 5-lobed. Petals 5, subequal, with the upper shorter than the others. Stamens 10. Stigma broadly peltate. Pods flat, winged, indehiscent. Seeds flat.
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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
Specimen Records:35
Specimens with Sequences:55
Specimens with Barcodes:52
Species:7
Species With Barcodes:7
Public Records:17
Public Species:5
Public BINs:0
Notes: Planted as avenue tree. Native of Australia
United States
Origin: Exotic
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Unknown/Undetermined
Confidence: Confident
Peltophorum is a genus of between 5–15 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae. The genus is native to certain tropical regions across the world. The species are medium-sized to large trees growing up to 15-25 m (rarely 50 m) tall.[1][2]
Blatter and Millard (1937) state:[3]
The generic name Peltophorum means "shield-bearing" (from Greek word πελτη [pĕltē] "a small light shield") and refers to the peltate stigma.
Selected species[edit]
- Peltophorum acutifolium (J.R.Johnst.) J.R.Johnst.
- Peltophorum africanum Sond.
- Peltophorum dasyrrhachis (Miq.) Kurz
- Peltophorum dubium (Spreng.) Taub.
- Peltophorum pterocarpum (DC.) Backer ex K.Heyne
References[edit]
- ^ Germplasm Resources Information Network: Peltophorum
- ^ Huxley, A., ed. (1992). New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. Macmillan ISBN 0-333-47494-5.
- ^ Blatter, Ethelbert; Millard, Walter Samuel (1977) [1937]. Some beautiful Indian Trees (2 ed.). Mumbai: Bombay natural History Society. p. 165.
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Maharashtra: Kolhapur
Distribution: Native of Ceylon, the Andamans, Malaysia and N. Australia; widely cultivated as a roadside tree in greater part of W. Pakistan.
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Perennial, Trees, Woody throughout, Nodules present, Stems erect or ascending, Stems greater than 2 m tall, Stems solid, Stems or young twigs glabrous or sparsely glabrate, Stem hairs hispid to villous, Leaves alternate, Leaves petiolate, Stipules inconspicuous, absent, or caducous, Stipules deciduous, Leaves compound, Leaves bipinnate, Leaf or leaflet margins entire, Leaflets opposite, Leaflets 10-many, Leaves glabrous or nearly so, Inflorescences racemes, Inflorescence panicles, Inflorescence terminal, Bracts conspicuously present, Bracteoles present, Flowers actinomorphic or somewhat irregular, Calyx 5-lobed, Calyx glabrous, Petals separate, Petals denticulate or erose, Petals orange or yellow, Stamens 9-10, Stamens completely free, separate, Filaments glabrous, Style terete, Fruit a legume, Fruit stipitate, Fruit unilocular, Fr uit tardily or weakly dehiscent, Fruit indehiscent, Fruit elongate, straight, Fruit oblong or ellipsoidal, Fruits winged, carinate, or samaroid, Fruit or valves persistent on stem, Fruit coriaceous or becoming woody, Fruit exserted from calyx, Fruit glabrous or glabrate, Fruit 1-seeded, Fruit 2-seeded, Seeds ovoid to rounded in outline, Seed surface smooth, Seed surface mottled or patchy.
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