Peltophorum pterocarpum

Yellow flame tree ( Peltophorum pterocarpum ) in Hawaii

The Yellow Flame Tree ( Peltophorum pterocarpum, Syn Baryxylum inerme ( Roxb. ) Pierre, Peltophorum ferrugineum ( Decne. ) Benth., Peltophorum inerme ( Roxb. ) Náves Fern. ex - Vill. ), A tropical tree species from the subfamily carob plants is ( Caesalpinioideae ) within the legume family ( Fabaceae ).

Description

The Yellow Flame tree reaches heights of growth 12 to 24 meters and a crown diameter of up to 8 m. The bark is smooth and gray. The shiny green leaves are pinnate. The petiole is 15-30 cm long, him sit in pairs six to 20 leaflets, each of which consists of 20 to 30 pairs of leaflets. The leaves are oval and notched at the tip.

The species flowers from March to June. The strongly scented flowers are in panicles. The wavy sepals are rusty red, the petals are bright yellow. They are hairy at the base and often wrinkled at the edge. Each flower has ten stamens are densely hairy at base. The anthers are golden. The style is long and shaped fireplace.

The flat, hard, oval legumes are rusty. They run on both ends and are 5-10 cm long and about 2.5 cm wide. The seeds are brown.

Dissemination

The species occurs in South-East Asia (Sri Lanka to northern Australia ); a large deposit is also located on the Andaman Islands. In tropical countries, it is widely used as a neophyte it is also found in Florida.

Culture

The Yellow Flame tree is widespread in tropical countries as a park plant and cultured. The fine- grained wood is sought after for fine furniture work.

Swell

• Cheers Gordon (ed.): Botanica, p 649, Random House Australia 2003 German edition. Tandem Verlag GmbH 2003, ISBN 3-8331-1600-5.