Chandigarh Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Chandigarh (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Bignoniaceae | Genus: Stereospermum | Species: Stereospermum chelonoides (L. fil.) DC. |
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| Synonym | Stereospermum suaveolens (Roxb.) DC., Bignonia chelonoides L. fil, Heterophragma suaveolens (Roxb.) Dalzell & A.Gibson, Tecoma suaveolens (Roxb.) G.Don | Flower Color | Red - Pink |
| Common Name | Padeli | Flower Type | Panicle |
| English / Trade Name | Yellow Snaketree | Flowering Period | Jan-March |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Padeli | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | 1500 M | Fruit Type | Capsule |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit a capsule, 30-60 × 0.5 cm, nearly terete, grey, lenticellate; seeds 3 cm long |
| Habitat | Tropical and in moist deciduous forests | Bark Type | Exfoliating |
| Distribution | Indo-Malesia. | Bark Details | Bark grey, exfoliating in flat scales; blaze dull yellow |
| Distribution in chandigarh | Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Compound | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Elliptic | ||
| Description of Species | It is a large deciduous tree, 10-20 m tall, with velvet-hairy branches. Leaves are compound, 1-2 ft long, with 3-4 pairs of leaflets. Leaflets are 7-15 cm long, broadly elliptic, long-pointed. velvety on the underside, rounded and unequal at base, with 6-8 nerves, short-stalked. Fragrant flowers are borne in large lax panicles. They are 10-20 cm long, pinkish. Sepal cup is bell-shaped, 1 cm long, hairy, 3-5 lobed. Stamens are 4, remaining inside the flower-tube. Fruit a capsule, 30-60 × 0.5 cm, nearly terete, grey, lenticellate; seeds 3 cm long | Leaf Details | Leaves compound, imparipinnate, opposite, estipulate; rachis 150-450 mm long, pubescent, slender, swollen at base; leaflets 5-11, opposite; petiolules. |
