Brownea coccinea
Summary
Scientific Classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Angiospermae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Brownea
Species: Brownea coccinea
Scientific Name: Brownea coccinea Jacq.
Common names
English: Scarlet flame bean, Mountain rose,
Hindi: –
Marathi: Lal Zumbar ‘लाल झुंबर’ , Vilayati Seeta Ashok
Description
Tree up to 6 m high; young branchlets densely shortly hairy. Stipules 0.3-0.6 cm long. Leaves usually 2-5-jugate, the petiole and rachis 5-16 cm. Leaflets ovate-oblong, 3.5-15.5 by 1.5-5.5 cm, apex acuminate, base obliquely rounded, or slightly cordate, glabrous on both surfaces. Inflorescences 7-10 cm in diam. during anthesis, the peduncle and rachis 1-1.5 cm; bracteoles 1.75-2.25 cm long, densely pubescent; pedicels 5-11 mm. Hypanthium 8-11 mm long. Calyx lobes 1.3-2 cm long. Petals 2.25-4.75 cm long, red. Stamens 4-4.5 cm; filaments united at the lower 15-20 mm. Ovary c. 10 mm long, the style 2-4 cm. Pods 8-15.5 by 2.5-4 cm, thinly shortly hairy.
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