931
Stereospermum suaveolens (G. Don) DC.
Family
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Bignoniaceae
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Local name
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Malayalam- Paroli,
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Flowering and fruiting
period
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January-August
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Distribution
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India and Sri Lanka
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Distribution in Kerala
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Wayanad
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Habitat
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Moist forests
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Key botanical
characters :
Deciduous trees, to 25 m high; bark grey, exfoliating in flat scales;
blaze dull yellow. Leaves compound, imparipinnate, opposite, estipulate;
rachis pubescent, slender, swollen at base; leaflets 5-11, opposite;
petiolules slender, pubescent;. Flowers bisexual, dull crimson, in drooping
panicles, pubescent, 18 mm long; calyx campanulate, hairy, lobes 3-5, short,
broad; corolla funnel shaped, pubescent outside, lobes 5 unequal, rounded,
crisped;. Fruit a capsule, nearly terete, grey, lenticellate; seeds trigonus,
with a transverse grove without and a prominent ridge within, wedge shaped,
with a membranous wing with obtuse ends.
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