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Stereospermum colais

ස්ටෙරෙස්පෙර්ම්මු කොල්සඅයි

Stereospermum colais

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Stereospermum colais
Vinayaraj · CC BY-SA 3.0

Overview

Stereospermum colais, the yellow snake tree, is 15–20 m tall, trunk 15–25 cm in diam, large leaves 25–50 cm; leaflets 3–6 on each side of midrib, long elliptic, 8-14 X 2.5–6 cm. Large, pale yellow, trumpet shaped flowers occur in panicles. Flowers are pale yellow, slightly curved, about 2 cm, upper lip 2-lobed, lower lip 3-lobed, tomentose at mouth, tube terete. The fruit is long, 4-angular, slightly curved, 30–70 cm, about 1 cm in diameter. This, probably, is the source of its common name, snake tree.

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  1. Wikipedia (EN): Stereospermum colais — CC BY-SA 4.0