Chandigarh Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Chandigarh (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Sapindaceae | Genus: Koelreuteria | Species:
Koelreuteria paniculata Laxm.
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| Synonym | Koelreuteria apiculata Rehder & E.H. Wilson, Koelreuteria chinensis (Murray) Hoffmanns, Sapindus chinensis Murray | Flower Color | Yellow - Orange |
| Common Name | Flower Type | Solitary | |
| English / Trade Name | Pride of India,Varnish Tree, Golden Rain Tree,China Tree, Koelreuteria | Flowering Period | Jan-March |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Fruiting Period | Jan-March | |
| Altitude | Fruit Type | Follicle | |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | |
| Habitat | Found by sea-shores in Japan Found by sea-shores in Japan. Grows on plains and in secondary forest on poor soils in China Grows on plains and in secondary forest on poor soils in China | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | Eastern Asia - Northern China. Naturalized in Japan and S. Europe. | Bark Details | |
| Distribution in chandigarh | Chandigarh Botanical Garden and Nature Park, Sector 40 | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Ovate | ||
| Description of Species | Trees up to 25 m. Bark grayish brown to black, stout, fissured when dry; lenticels gray to dark brown. Leaves fascicled on young branches, spreading, pinnate, imperfectly bipinnate, or sometimes bipinnate; leaflets (7-) 11-16 opposite or alternate, ovate or broadly ovate to ovate-lanceolate, Flower a thyrses, densely pilosulose, pale yellow, slightly fragrant, branches spreading and long, cymes on last branches 3-6-flowered; sepals ovate, margin glandular ciliate, erose; Petals 4, reflexed when flowering, linear-oblong. Fruit a capsules Seeds subglobose. | Leaf Details | |
