Leguminosae-caes Peltophorum pterocarpum

| |	© W.D. Hawthorne

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Keywords in this picture :

• Foliage
• Vegetative
• Inflorescence
• Flower & fruit
• Plant parts

Places where this species can be found :

• St. Georges - GRENADA
• Botanic Garden - GRENADA

Species information

Description
Pods deep purple brown; flowers bright yellow in terminal panicles. Unlike Caesalpinia the sepals are equal and the pod is winged all round, not splitting when ripe. There are no leafy stipules, unlike Delonix.

Interest
Peltophorum - from Gk pelte, shield, and phoreo, to bear; from the shape of the stigma. The bark contains a yellowbrown dye, used in Java for dark-brown batiks. The tree is often planted in twons because, apart from being pretty and evergreen, has deep roots rather than ones which damage pavements etc.

Specimen information

Collection Date
25/06/2001

Collector
W.D. Hawthorne, S.Cable & D. Jules

Specimen Number
650

Location
Along the water-front.

Notes
Tree 8 m tall. FLOWERS: yellow.

Coordinates
Latitude: 12.030000 N   Longitude: 61.450000 W   Altitude: 2