Chandigarh Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Chandigarh (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Bignoniaceae | Genus: Fernandoa | Species:
Fernandoa adenophylla (Wall.
ex G.Don)
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Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Haplophragma adenophyllum (Wall. ex G.Don) Dop, Bignonia adenophylla Wall. ex G.Don, Spathodea adenophylla A.DC. | Flower Color | Yellow - Orange |
| Common Name | Katsagon | Flower Type | Raceme |
| English / Trade Name | Karen wood, Petthan | Flowering Period | Oct-Dec |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Marodphali | Fruiting Period | Jan-March |
| Altitude | Up to 850 m | Fruit Type | Capsule |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Capsule clindrical up to 90 cm long, 2-3 cm broad. The fruit is long and twisted, hanging like snakes from the branches. |
| Habitat | Plains, Cultivated, Sparingly cultivated as an ornamental tree. | Bark Type | Fissured |
| Distribution | Native of Burma, the Andaman Islands, E.Bengal and Assam. | Bark Details | Bark is gray-whitish and fissured.Thick, roughly cracked soft, gray; inner bark cream; branchlets light gray. |
| Distribution in chandigarh | Chandigarh Botanical Garden and Nature Park, Sector 26 | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Compound | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Pinnate | ||
| Description of Species | A deciduous tree, up to 15m tall. Leaves opposite, pinnae rusty tomentose; leaflets 5-7, lateral, elliptic-oblong, entire, acute; rusty tomentose-brown (especially on the undersurface). Calyx 3-5-lobed, rusty tomentose. Corolla tube 35 mm long, tomentose on the outside, lobes subequal, obtuse. Fruit long and twisted, hanging like snakes from the branches. | Leaf Details | Leaves opposite, pinnae rusty tomentose; leaflets 5- 7, lateral, elliptic-oblong, entire, acute; rusty tomentose-brown (especially on the undersurface). |
