Erythrina arborescens Roxb.

 
  • Family : FABACEAE
    (Pea Or Bean Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : LEGUMINOSAE
  • Subfamily : Faboideae
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Erythrina arborescens Roxb.
  • Habit : Tree
  • Key identification features : Branches with few prickles. Leaves trifoliate; leaflets as broad as long, membranaceous, terminal, acuminate at apex, truncate, cordate at base. Flowers red; pods curved, firm.
  • Flower, Fruit : March
  • Distribution :
    • Maharashtra : Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district
  • Literature : N.P. Singh, P. Lakshminarasimhan, S. Karthikeyan & P. V. Prasanna (2001). Flora of Maharashtra state, Dicotyledones. Vol. 2. pp.960. Botanical survey of India, Govt. India.
  • 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=Erythrina arborescens. Downloaded on 14 November 2024.

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