Indopiptadenia oudhensis (Brandis) Brenan

 
  • Family : MIMOSACEAE
    (Pea Or Bean Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Leguminosae
  • Subfamily : Mimosoideae
  • Synonym(s) : Piptadenia oudhensis Brandis
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Indopiptadenia oudhensis (Brandis) Brenan
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Gravelly-sandy soil on foothills of the Himalayas along the edges of rivers and near streams and dry mountain slopes along roadside
  • Comments / notes : It is endemic to eastern Kumaon and the west-central Nepal foothills, but now cultivated in many places.
  • Flower, Fruit : March-May
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Delhi : Delhi
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • Native : India, Nepal, West Himalaya
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : West and Central Himalaya to North India (North Uttar Pradesh) and Pakistan
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 117
    • Bajpai, O., Srivastava, A. K., Kushwaha, A. K., & Chaudhary, L. B. (2014). Taxonomy of a monotypic genus Indopiptadenia (Leguminosae-Mimosoideae). Phytotaxa, 164(2) - 61
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Indopiptadenia oudhensis. Downloaded on 6 October 2024.

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