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Stereospermum neuranthum Kurz

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Bignoniaceae > Stereospermum

Characteristics

Trees deciduous, ca. 12 m tall. Young branches pubescent. Leaf rachis pubescent, 14-24 cm; leaflets 3-7(-9), broadly elliptic, 8-14 X 5-10 cm, scabrous and densely broadly cuneate, oblique, margin entire, pubescent adaxially, densely puberulent abaxially, base apex acute to rounded; lateral veins 7 or 8 on each side of midrib; petiolules ca. 1 cm. Inflorescences cymose, terminal, 4-12 cm. Corolla ca. 2.5 cm, pale purple, dark purple striate. Capsule long terete, curved, 20-47 cm X ca. 8 mm, slightly 4-angular; pericarp black, thin leathery. Seeds ovoid, less than 3 cm, indistinctly membranous winged. Fr. Feb-Mar.
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A tree. It loses its leaves during the year. It grows 12 m tall. The young branches are hairy. The leaves have 3-7 leaflets. These are broadly oval and 8-14 cm long by 5-10 cm wide. They are very hairy underneath. The flowers are in flat topped groups. They are pale purple. The fruit are long curved capsules. They are 20-47 cm long.
Life form
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 12.0
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Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows on slopes and in forests between 500-1,600 m above sea level. In Yunnan.
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Mixed forests in Myanmar. Slopes and forests at elevations from 500-1,600 metres in southern China.
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Soil humidity 4-6
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Usage

Uses material medicinal timber wood
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 180
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
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Distribution

Stereospermum neuranthum world distribution map, present in China and Thailand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:110797-1
WFO ID wfo-0000779695
COL ID 99TY7
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Stereospermum neuranthum Radermachera wallichii Stereospermum wallichii Stereospermum grandiflorum
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