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Stereospermum colais (Buch.-Ham. ex Dillw.) D. L. Mabberley

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Stereospermum colais (Buch.-Ham. ex Dillw.) D. L. Mabberley
Stereospermum colais (Buch.-Ham. ex Dillw.) D. L. Mabberley
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymBignonia caudata DC.
synonymBignonia caudata Miq. ex C.B.Clarke
synonymBignonia colais Buch.-Ham. ex Dillwyn
synonymBignonia suaveolens Roxb.
synonymBignonia tetragona Wall. ex DC.
synonymDipterosperma personatum Hassk.
synonymStereospermum caudatum (DC.) Miq.
synonymStereospermum colais var. puberula (Dop) D.D. Tao
synonymStereospermum hasskarlii Zoll. & Moritzi
synonymStereospermum personatum (Hassk.) Chatterjee
synonymStereospermum tetragonum DC.
🗒 Common Names
Bengali
  • পারুল Parul
English
  • Trumpet Flower Tree
  • Yellow Snake Tree.
  • Trumpet Flower
Gujarati
  • પાડેલી Padeli
Hin
  • Pathiri
Hindi
  • पारल Paral
  • पारोली Paroli
  • पाटल Patal
Irula
  • Pathiri
  • Patharai
Kannada
  • Kalludi
  • Katniruli
  • Malali
  • Pathiri
  • Vaadari.
  • Bondh Vala
  • Kaala Adri
  • Lingadare Gida
  • ಕಲಾದ್ರಿ Kalaadri
  • ಪಾದರಿ Paadari
Konkani
  • पाडल Paadal
Malayalam
  • Pathiri
  • Poopathiri
  • Karingazha.
  • കരിങ്ങഴ Karingazha
  • പാതിരി Paathiri
  • പൂപ്പാതിരി Puuppaathiri
  • Karingkruna
Marathi
  • पाडळ Padal
  • पाडळी Padali
Oriya
  • Pamphunia
Other
  • Zinghal
  • Yellow Snake Tree
Sanskrit
  • पाटल Patal
  • पाटला Patala
  • पाटलि Patali
Tamil
  • Ambu
  • Ambuvaginim Kural
  • Padiri
  • Ponpadiri
  • Poombathiri
  • Vellaippadri
  • Vela Pathri.
  • அம்பு Ampu
  • அம்புவாகினி Ampuvakini
  • பாடலம் Patalam
  • பாதிரி Patiri
  • புன்காலி Punkali
  • Poopadiri
  • Paadhaalamaram
Telugu
  • అంబువాసిని Ambuvasini
  • కలిగొట్టు Kaligottu
  • పాదిరి Padiri
  • పాటల Patala
Urdu
  • پارل Paral
  • پاٿل Patal
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Common in moist deciduous forests and occasional in openings or margins of evergreen forests, up to 1200 m.
B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
Attributions B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
Contributors 
ayyappan Narayanan
Status UNDER_CREATION
Licenses CC_BY
References 
    Diagnostic Keys
    Description
    Habit

    Large deciduous trees, often buttressed, up to 25 m tall.

    Trunk & Bark

    Bark fissured, dark brown; blaze cream.

    Branches and Branchlets

    Branchlets terete, glabrous, lenticellate.

    Leaves

    Leaves compound, imparipinnate, opposite, decussate, to 60 cm long; rachis 6-16.5 cm long, canaliculate, glabrous; leaflets 3-5 pairs, opposite with odd terminal one; petiolule 0.8-1.5 cm long, canaliculate; lamina 5-15 x 2.5-7.5 cm, elliptic, apex caudate (acumen 1.5-4 cm long) base cuneate to asymmetric, margin entire, chartaceous, glabrous; midrib flat above; secondary nerves 8-10 pairs gradually curved; tertiary nerves weakly percurrent.

    Inflorescence / Flower

    Inflorescence lax terminal panicles, flowers brownish purple, yellow within, petals wooly.

    Fruit and Seed

    Capsule, 4-angled, contorted, to 40 cm long; seeds many, winged.

    B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
    Attributions B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY
    References 
      Habit: A large, densely foliaceous tree, upto 18m.
      Keystone Foundation
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      Contributors 
      Status UNDER_CREATION
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        📚 Natural History
        Morphology

        Growth Form

        Tree
        Tree
        Flower

        In axillary corymbs, bell-shaped; yellow with red veins. Flowering from April-June and July-September.

        Fruit

        A terete or 4-gonous capsule, elongate, twisted with speckles; seeds many, compressed, trigonous. Fruiting throughout the year.

        Field tips

        Bark brown. Fruit spirally twisted. Often fruit like galls found.

        Leaf Arrangement

        Opposite

        Leaf Type

        Imparipinnate

        Leaf Shape

        Obovate-lanceolate

        Leaf Apex

        Acuminate

        Leaf Base

        Acute

        Leaf Margin

        Entire-minutely toothed

        Keystone Foundation
        Attributions Keystone Foundation
        Contributors 
        Status UNDER_CREATION
        Licenses CC_BY
        References 
          Ecology
          Common in moist deciduous forests and occasional in openings or margins of evergreen forests, up to 1200 m.
          B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
          Attributions B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
          Contributors 
          Status UNDER_CREATION
          Licenses CC_BY
          References 
            No Data
            📚 Habitat and Distribution
            Description
            India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka; in the Western Ghats- South, Central and south Maharashtra Sahyadris.
            B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
            Attributions B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
            Contributors 
            Status UNDER_CREATION
            Licenses CC_BY
            References 
              Found along the steam areas and semi-evergreen forests from 300-800m. Common. India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Indo-China and Malesia.
              Keystone Foundation
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              Contributors 
              Status UNDER_CREATION
              Licenses CC_BY
              References 
                No Data
                📚 Occurrence
                No Data
                📚 Uses and Management
                Uses

                System of Medicines Used In

                Ayurveda
                Ayurveda
                Folk medicine
                Folk medicine

                Wood very hard, greyish-brown with darker patches.

                Keystone Foundation
                Attributions Keystone Foundation
                Contributors 
                Status UNDER_CREATION
                Licenses CC_BY
                References 
                  System Of Medicines Used In

                  Ayurveda, Folk medicine

                  FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1987
                  Attributions FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1987
                  Contributors 
                  Status UNDER_CREATION
                  Licenses CC_BY
                  References 
                    Folklore

                    Bark used in medicinal preparations.

                    Keystone Foundation
                    Attributions Keystone Foundation
                    Contributors 
                    Status UNDER_CREATION
                    Licenses CC_BY
                    References 
                      No Data
                      📚 Information Listing
                      References
                      1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1987
                      Information Listing > References
                      1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1987

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                      📚 Meta data
                      No Data
                      🐾 Taxonomy
                      RootRoot
                      KingdomPlantae
                      PhylumTracheophyta
                      ClassMagnoliopsida
                      OrderLamiales
                      FamilyBignoniaceae
                      GenusStereospermum
                      SpeciesStereospermum colais (Buch.-Ham. ex Dillw.) D. L. Mabberley
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