Pan India Bouquets

Indopiptadenia oudhensis (Brandis) Brenan

Family : Mimosaceae
(Pea Or Bean Family)
Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Leguminosae
Subfamily : Mimosoideae
Synonym(s) : Piptadenia oudhensis Brandis
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Indopiptadenia oudhensis (Brandis) Brenan
Habit : Tree
Habitat : Gravelly-sandy soil on foothills of the Himalayas along the edges of rivers and near streams and dry mountain slopes along roadside
Comments / notes : It is endemic to eastern Kumaon and the west-central Nepal foothills, but now cultivated in many places.
Flower, Fruit : March-May
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
Native : India, Nepal, West Himalaya
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : West and Central Himalaya to North India (North Uttar Pradesh) and Pakistan
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 117; Bajpai, O., Srivastava, A. K., Kushwaha, A. K., & Chaudhary, L. B. (2014). Taxonomy of a monotypic genus Indopiptadenia (Leguminosae-Mimosoideae). Phytotaxa, 164(2) - 61
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Indopiptadenia oudhensis. Downloaded on 10 December 2023.