Peltophorum pterocarpum
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Description
Tree up to 35 m high and 80(-100) cm in diam., deciduous; young shoots ferrugineous pubescent or tomentose, glabrescent.
Leaf rachis up to 26 cm and petiole up to 10 cm; pinnae 4-14 pairs.
Stipules small, linear, not branched, caducous.
Inflorescences terminal and axillary, paniculate, up to 40 cm long, densely ferrugineous pubescent; bracts minute, deltoid, 5-8 mm long, caducous; pedicels usually 5-7 mm.
Petals bright yellow, obovate, 17-25 by 10-13 mm, densely hairy towards the basal part.
Stamens: filaments 12-15 mm; anthers 3 mm long.
Ovary stipitate, hairy, 3- or 4-ovuled.
Seeds oblong, flat, 10-12 by 5 mm, light brown, longitudinally positioned in the pod.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Cambodia (Cambodia present); Sri Lanka (Sri Lanka present); Thailand (Thailand present), S Vietnam present, throughout Malesia to northern Australia present
Sri Lanka, Thailand, Cambodia, S Vietnam, throughout Malesia to northern Australia.
Uses
Widely introduced and cultivated in the tropics. Planted as a shade tree in plantations and as a very attractive ornamental in parks and along roadsides. Barks used for dyes and for various medicinal purposes. See .
Citation
Koord. 1913 – In: Atlas: f. 22
Decne. 1835: Herb. Timor descr.: 134
Backer & Bakh.f 1964 – In: Fl. Java: 547
Ridley 1922 – In: Fl. Malay Penins.: 646.
Miq. 1855 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 111.
Merr. 1910 – In: Philipp. J. Sc., Bot.: 57.
Hattink 1974 – In: Reinwardtia: 59
K. & S.S. Larsen 1980: p. 62. – In: Fl. Camb., Laos & Vietnam: pl. 11/8-11
Rudd 1991 – In: Fl. Ceylon: 57.
Cockb. 1976: p. 175. – In: Trees Sabah: f. 38
K. & S.S. Larsen 1984: p. 54. – In: Fl. Thailand: f. 12/7-10
Verdc. 1979 – In: Manual New Guinea Leg., Lae Bot. Bull.: 16
Koord. & Valeton 1895: p. 3. – In: Bijdr. Booms. Java: incl. var. glanduliferum Koord. & Valeton
Whitmore 1972: p. 268. – In: Tree Fl. Malaya: f. 2