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Family: BIGNONIACEAE |
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Citation: Tecoma stans (L.) HBK, Nov. Gen. Sp. 3: 144. 1819; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 211. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 295. 1984; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 559. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 336. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 339. 1994; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 526. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 603. 2009. Bignonia stans L., Sp. Pl. (ed. 2) 871. 1763. Stenolobium stans (L.) D.Don, Edinb. Philos. J. 9: 264. 1823; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1000(703). 1924. |
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Malayalam Name(s): Manja arali |
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English name(s): Yellow Bells, Trumpet-flower, Yellow Elder |
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Description: Large shrub to small trees, glabrous. Leaves opposite, pinnate, with 3-7 leaflets; leaflets elliptic to elliptic-ovate. Flowers in short terminal ± erect panicles, bright yellow, fragrant. Calyx tubular-campanulate, ± 4.5 mm long; lobes triangular, acuminate, ciliolate. Corolla tube 32-33 mm long, abruptly contracted at the base, sparse pubescent within and glandulose towards the base; lobes subequal. Stamens included; filaments of longer stamens 20 mm long, curved, base glandulose; anther cells 2, linear, pubescent; staminodes filiform, 5-6, 5mm long. Disc shallow cupular, 5-lobed, fleshy. Ovary c. 3.5 mm long, elongated, minutely papillose. Style 18-20 mm long; stigma 2-lobed, lobes oval to ovoid, c. 1.5 mm long. Capsule 12-16 x 0.7-0.8 cm. Seeds orbicular-compressed, 5 x 6-6.5 mm (wing 16-18 mm broad). |
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Habit: Shrub to Small Tree |
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Flowering & Fruiting: December-April |
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District(s): All Districts |
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Medicinal: |
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Habitat: Grown as garden plant |
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Distribution: Native of South America; now widely cultivated |
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