Chandigarh Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Chandigarh (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Caesalpiniaceae | Genus: Schizolobium | Species: Schizolobium parahyba (Vell.) S.F.Blake |
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| Synonym | Caesalpinia parahyba (Vell.) Allemao, Schizolobium excelsum Vogel, Cassia parahyba Vell. | Flower Color | Yellow - Orange |
| Common Name | Brazilian Fern Tree, Brazilian Fire-Tree, Tower Tree | Flower Type | Raceme |
| English / Trade Name | Brazilian Fern Tree | Flowering Period | Jan-March |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Gauitan | Fruiting Period | April-June |
| Altitude | Up to 2200m | Fruit Type | Pod |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Pod flat, spoon or tear-drop shaped, exocarp firm, leathery, tardily dehiscent. |
| Habitat | Deciduous tree.Flourishes on well-drained moist soils on plains or hillsides. | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | Widespread pioneer species from tropical and premontane forests zones of the American Atlantic coast. | Bark Details | Cylindrical bole, gray- greenish in colour and smooth in texture except by the scars left by the fallen leaves. |
| Distribution in chandigarh | Chandigarh Botanical Garden and Nature Park | Origin | Exotic |
| Leaf Type | Compound | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Cordate | ||
| Description of Species | Tree up to 25 m, with a cylindrical bole and high buttresses. Leaves bipinnate, large; pinnae 15-20 pairs, fernlike; leaflets small, elliptic, 10-20 pairs, stipules absent. Flowers golden yellow, large, profusely produced in axillary semi-erect racemes or terminal panicles; bracts minute; bracteoles absent; calyx tube obliquely turbinate; lobes 5, overlapping, reflexed at flowering; corolla 5, clawed, subequal, overlapping, uppermost petal innermost; stamens 10, free, subdeclinate; filaments villous, basally rough; anthers uniform, longitudinally dehiscent; ovary subsessile affixed to 1 side of calyx tube, many-ovuled, style filiform; stigma minute, terminal. Pod flat, spoon or tear-drop shaped, exocarp firm, leathery, tardily dehiscent. Seed large, oblong, compressed, located near apex. | Leaf Details | Leaves bipinnate, large; pinnae 15-20 pairs, fernlike; leaflets small, elliptic, 10-20 pairs, stipules absent. |
