Chandigarh Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Chandigarh (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Malvaceae | Genus: Thespesia | Species:
Thespesia populnea (Linn.)
Sol. ex Corrêa
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Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Abelmoschus acuminatus (Alef.) Müll.Berol, Azanza acuminata Alef., Bupariti populnea (Linn.) Rothm., Hibiscus blumei Kuntze | Flower Color | Yellow - Orange |
| Common Name | Indian tulip tree, Aden apple, Portia tree , Seaside Mahoe,Bendy tree | Flower Type | Solitary |
| English / Trade Name | Indian tulip tree | Flowering Period | Jan-Dec |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Paras papal | Fruiting Period | Jan-Dec |
| Altitude | Up to 1000m | Fruit Type | Capsule |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit a capsule, globose, indehiscent, depressed, scaly, ultimately glabrescent; seeds many, ovoid, channelled along the back, pubescent. |
| Habitat | Grown as fence-posts and avenue tree, also in mangrove forests | Bark Type | Fissured |
| Distribution | Pantropical | Bark Details | Bark dark brown, rough, deeply cracked, fissured, slash yellow colored. |
| Distribution in chandigarh | Chandigarh Botanical Garden and Nature Park, Sector 22 | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Ovate | ||
| Description of Species | Tree up to 15 m high. Bark darkbrown, blaze yellowish-pink, branchlets densely covered with minute scales, glabrescent. Leaves simple, alternate, stipulate; petiole swollen tipped, scaly, lamina orbicular or ovate, base cordate or truncate, apex acute or acuminate, margin entire or dentate, coriaceous, with peltate scales above, glabrescent, 5-7 nerved from the base, palmate, prominent, Flowers bisexual, yellow, showy, solitary or in cymes, axillary or terminal; pedicels jointed near the base, glabrescent; calyx cupular, minutely 5 toothed, corolla light yellow with dark purple centre, fading to purplish-pink, broadly campanulate; petals obliquely obovate, narrowed and fleshy at base, rounded at apex. Fruit a capsule, globose, indehiscent, depressed, scaly, ultimately glabrescent; seeds many, ovoid, channelled along the back, pubescent. | Leaf Details | Leaves simple, alternate, stipulate; petiole swollen tipped, scaly, lamina orbicular or ovate, base cordate or truncate, apex acute or acuminate, margin entire or dentate, coriaceous, with peltate scales above, glabrescent, 5-7 nerved from the base, palmate, prominent, |
