Chandigarh Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Chandigarh (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Myrtaceae | Genus: Callistemon | Species: Callistemon viminalis (Sol. ex Gaertn.) G.Don |
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| Synonym | Melaleuca viminalis (Sol. ex Gaertn.) Byrnes ,Melaleuca viminalis var. minor Byrnes , Metrosideros viminalis Sol. ex Gaertn. | Flower Color | Red - Pink |
| Common Name | Weeping bottlebrush | Flower Type | Cyme |
| English / Trade Name | Weeping bottlebrush, Creek bottlebrush, Red Bottlebrush, Drooping Bottlebrush | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Bottlebrush | Fruiting Period | Oct-Dec |
| Altitude | 800 m | Fruit Type | Capsule |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | The flowers are followed by persistent woody capsules |
| Habitat | It mostly grows in and along watercourses, mainly in sandstone or granite country. | Bark Type | Fissured |
| Distribution | Occurs along the eastern part of Queensland from the Cape York Peninsula south to Moree and Grafton in New South Wales. | Bark Details | dark, hard, fibrous, rough, furrowed. |
| Distribution in chandigarh | Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary, Chandigarh Botanical Garden and Nature Park, Butterfly Park , Sector 2, Sector 15, Sector 29 | Origin | Exotic |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Ovate | ||
| Description of Species | Tree up to 35 metres, bark hard, fibrous, furrowed with pendulous branches. Leaves arranged alternate, lanceolate. Flowers are in scarlet spikes 4-10cm long, producing persistent woody capsules. Fruits are 5-6 mm in diameter and the seed is held for a few seasons. | Leaf Details | The leaves of are lanceolate 3-6 mm wide by 40-70 mm long but northern forms have a more elliptical-shaped leaf. |
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