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Amherstia nobilis
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Caesalpinioideae)
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Citation: Amherstia nobilis Wall. in Taylor & Phillips, Philos. Mag. J. 68: 323. 1826; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 272. 1878; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 1. 1992.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Simshipa-vriksham
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Pride of Burma, Orchid Tree
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Description:
Trees, bark dark brown, lenticellate; young parts puberulent. Leaves paripinnate, alternate; stipules 2.5 cm long, intra petiolar, ovate-lanceolate; rachis 20-34 cm long, stout, pulvinate, glabrous; leaflets 8-14, opposite, estipellate; petiolule to 10 mm long, stout, glabrous; lamina 9.5-25 cm x 4.5-6 cm, ovate, ovate-lanceolate, oblong or elliptic-oblong, base obtuse, apex acuminate, margin entire, glabrous, glaucous beneath, coriaceous; lateral nerves 7-20 pairs, pinnate, prominent, secondary laterals prominent, intercostae reticulate, faint. Flowers15 x 12 cm, bisexual, yellowish-red, in drooping terminal panicles to 62 cm long; pedicels to 7 cm long; bracts and sepals bright red; bracts to 6 cm long, ovate; calyx tube to 4 cm long, lobes rolled to back, petals 4.5-7.5 cm long, mixed reddish and yellow; stamens 9, tube to 4 cm long, filaments alternately long and short; anthers dimorphic, versatile; ovary half inferior, pubescent, stipe to 1 cm long; style curved; stigma capitate. Fruit a pod, 15-20 x 3.5-4 cm, oblong, brown, compressed; seeds 3-6.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
May-August
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District(s):
Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Kozhikkode
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown as garden plant
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Distribution:
Native of Myanmar, grown as ornamental tree
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Red
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
Yes
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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