Ormosia robusta (Wight) Voigt

 
  • Family : FABACEAE
    (Pea Or Bean Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Leguminosae
  • Synonym(s) : Arillaria robusta Kurz; Ormosia floribunda Wall.; Placolobium robustum (Wight) Yakovlev; Sophora robusta Wight
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Ormosia robusta (Wight) Voigt
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Forests
  • Key identification features : Lofty trees up to 30 m high; Leaflets 7-11, elliptic-oblong or lanceolate, acuminate, coriaceous, glabrous; Flowers dull white; calyx rusty tomentose; Pods oblong, 3-seeded, thick, hard, orange yellow, glabrous.
  • Flower, Fruit : November- February
  • Distribution :
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Subansiri
    • Assam : Assam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand
  • Literature :
    • P.K . Hajra ., D.M. Verma and G.S. Giri (1996). Materials For The Flora Of Arunachal Pradesh , Vol (1), Pg : 411
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Ormosia robusta. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.

India Distribution

World Distribution

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