Thanks to Mr Rajaram ji for posting this not so common Stereopermum species. Stereospermum species have always fascinated me. I went through Dr. Almeida's flora and Brandis in detail. Brandis' Photograph also matches well with the posted pics as far as the colour of the flowers is concerned. Dr Almeida's flora, Vol III pg 456 mentions the earlier names as Bignonia chelonoides Linn. f., Bignonia suaveolens Roxb., Tecoma suaveolens G. Don, Heteropphragma suaveolens Dalz. &Gibs.
The leaves have the acuminate, pinnate looks like 3- 4 pairs matching the species the following is the flowers description from pg : 456 " Flowers sweetly fragrant, in large lax trichotomous viscidly hairy panicles. Calyx 9 mm long, campanulate, viscidly hairy; lobes 3-5, short, broad. Corolla 2.5 - 4 cm long, infundibuliform, dull purple, pubescent outside, bearded inside on the lower, glabrous on the upper side; limb oblique, 2 lipped; lobes rounded, crisped- crenate, the 3 lower lobes longer than the 2 upper. Filaments without a tuft of hair at the base. Capsules 0.3- 0.6 meter long and 2 cm broad, straight, cylindric, slightly ribbed, somewhat rough with elevated whitish specks, valves thick, hard." Therefore I agree with Dr. Vijayasankar ID as these pics being those of Stereospermum. chelonoides. But however the syn of S. colais is not mentioned by Brandis nor By Dr. Almeida. S. colais is mentioned as earliar synonyms with S. personatum and the variations. regards, Rashida. On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 2:12 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id assistance please. > Some earlier relevant feedback: > “*This is some sort of Bignoniaceae*, though not Kigelia, which has long, > pendant inflorescences of brighter red flowers. > Regards-- > Ken.” > > “*If it is Stereospermum chelonoides(lot of synonyms but not S. colais),*then > its an important medicinal plant, one of the 10 ingredients (roots) of > 'dasamoola arishtam' a popular ayurvedic medicine.” Vijayasankar ji. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Anantanarayan Rajaram <[email protected]> > Date: 1 April 2010 12:25 > Subject: [efloraofindia:31259] AR 05,10 > To: [email protected] > > > Request id please > > *Date/Time- *Dec. > > *Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- *Tiruvarur Temple, Tamil Nadu > > *Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- *Planted > > Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- Tree > > *Height/Length- *ht.25 ft > > *Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- *as shown > > *Inflorescence Type/ Size-* as shown > > *Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts-*as shown > > *Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- *not present at this time > > *Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.- > * > > Thanks very much > > Rajaram > ** > > > ------------------------------ > The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! > Homepage<http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_yyi_1/*http://in.yahoo.com/>. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg ([email protected]) > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > Image Resource of more than a thousand species of Birds, Butterflies, > Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg > For learning about Indian Flora, visit/ join Google e-group- Efloraofindia: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
