- Family : CAESALPINIACEAE
(Pea Or Bean Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : IMLI FAMILY (ईमली फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Leguminosae
- Subfamily : Caesalpinioideae
- Basionym : Inga pterocarpa DC.
- Synonym(s) : Baryxylum ferrugineum (Decne.) F.N.Williams; Baryxylum inerme Pierre; Brasilettia ferruginea (Decne.) Kuntze; Caesalpinia arborea Zoll. ex Miq.; Caesalpinia ferruginea Decne.; Caesalpinia glenieii Thwaites; Caesalpinia inermis Roxb.; Caesalpinia kilaroe Span.; Caesalpinia macklottii Zipp. ex Miq.; Caesalpinia roxburghii D.Dietr.; Peltophorum ferrugineum (Decne.) Benth.; Peltophorum inerme Náves ex Fern.-Vill.; Peltophorum roxburghii (G.Don) O.Deg.; Poinciana roxburghii G.Don
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Peltophorum pterocarpum (DC.) K.Heyne
- Common name : The Copper Pod, Copper pod tree, Golden Flamboyante, Rusty shield bearer, Rusty shield bearer, Yellow gold mohur, Yellow Flame Tree, Yellow Poinciana
- Vernacular name :
- Lyaluakai, Perunbonnai, Ivalvagai, Perungondrai (Tamil)
- Pacha sunkesula, Konda Chinta (Telugu)
- Charakonna (Malayalam)
- Habit : Tree
- Comments / notes : Planted along roads as avenue tree.
- Flower, Fruit : March-December
- Collector(s) Name : Cecil J. Saldanha; H.O.Saxena, N.K.Dhal
- Collection Date : 26-03-1975, 11-04-1991
- Collection Nos : SJC 18429, RRL 6863
- Collection Locality : Cubbon park, Bangalore; RRL campus, Odisha
- Distribution :
- Karnataka : All districts of Karnataka
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : All districts of Maharashtra
- Tamil Nadu : Tamil Nadu
- Jharkhand :
- West Bengal : West Bengal
- Delhi : Delhi
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : North and Middle Andaman,South Andaman,Long,Kyd and Rutland Islands
- Native : Australia, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Jawa, Malaya, New Guinea, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Exotic
- World Distribution : Australia, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Jawa, Malaya, New Guinea, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et Sri Ramamurthy, 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2
- Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
- Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 157
- Indigenous Plants at Biodiversity Park, Ranchi - Ranchi Afforestation Division, Forest and Environmental Department, Jharkhand
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Peltophorum pterocarpum. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Line Drawings
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Field Image(s)
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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