Pajanelia longifolia (Willd.) K.Schum.

 
  • Family : BIGNONIACEAE
    (Bignonia Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : NEELI GULMOHUR FAMILY (नीली गुलमोहर फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : BIGNONIACEAE
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Pajanelia longifolia (Willd.) K.Schum.
  • Vernacular name : Aralantha, Azhantha, Pajaneli, Palakapayyani, Payani, Payyazhantha (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Comments / notes : Planted as support tree to pepper in plantations
  • Flower, Fruit : January-June
  • Collection Nos : HFP 1467, CJS 13085
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • World Distribution : India, Myanmar
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Udupi; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Pajanelia longifolia. Downloaded on 5 June 2025.

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