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
  • Synonym(s) : Bignonia indica Lour.; Bignonia longifolia Willd.; Bignonia macrostachya Wall. ex G.Don; Bignonia multijuga Wall.; Bignonia pajanelia Buch.-Ham.; Pajanelia multijuga (Wall.) DC.; Pajanelia rheedii Wight
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : 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 :
    • Goa : South Goa district
    • Karnataka : Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Udupi district
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  • Native : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Borneo, India, Malaya, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Thailand
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Borneo, India, Malaya, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Thailand
  • 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.
    • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 215
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Pajanelia longifolia. Downloaded on 11 October 2024.

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