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Markhamia lutea K.Schum.

Siala (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Bignoniaceae > Markhamia

Characteristics

A shrub or small tree. It grows about 5-10 m tall. The trunk is 50 cm across. The young branches are finely scaly. The leaves are 20-30 cm long. The flowers are yellow with purple marks. They are 5 cm long. They are in clusters at the ends of branches. The fruit are long and narrow. They are 0.5-1 m long. The seeds are 3 cm long and have wings at both ends.
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Yellow flowers marked with purple, over 2 in. long in terminal axillary corymbose panicles
Seeds 1 1/4 in. long, including the hyaline wing at each end.
Long narrow falcate fruits 1 1/2-3 ft. long
Finely scaly branchlets becoming glabrous
A shrub or tree 15-30 ft. high
Life form
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.5
Mature height (meter) 10.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Fringing and savannah forest. Submontane forest.
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It is a tropical plant.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-10

Usage

Uses charcoal environmental use food fuel invertebrate food material medicinal ornamental timber wood
Edible -
Therapeutic use Antirheumatic agents (bark), Diuretics (bark), General tonic for rejuvenation (bark), Skin diseases (bark), Toothache (bark), Snake bites (leaf)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seed.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) 1
Optimum temperature (C°) 18 - 28
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Markhamia lutea leaf picture by Peter Ongolo (cc-by-sa)
Markhamia lutea leaf picture by Maarten Vanhove (cc-by-sa)
Markhamia lutea leaf picture by Maarten Vanhove (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Markhamia lutea flower picture by KAMUNYA LILIAN (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Markhamia lutea fruit picture by Maarten Vanhove (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Markhamia lutea world distribution map, present in Thailand

Conservation status

Markhamia lutea threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:110020-1
WFO ID wfo-0000779039
COL ID 99QJQ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Muenteria lutea Markhamia lutea Markhamia hildebrandtii Spathodea lutea Dolichandrone hildebrandtii Dolichandrone platycalyx Dolichandrone lutea Markhamia platycalyx
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