Pterospermum for id 230310MK1

[Muthu Karthick]

Dear members,

Please help to resolve this identity, found in IIT-M campus. This might be a remnant tree of the past flora of this area, because I have seen this tree more around Chennai.

Is this tree, Pterospermum acerifolium (L.) Willd.? or Pterospermum canescens Roxb.?

Date/Time-	21/4/2008 4:30 pm
Location- Place, Altitude, GPS-	IIT - Madras campus
Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-	Urban
Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb-	tree
Height/Length-	up to 10 m
Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size-	peltate in young.
Inflorescence Type/ Size-	axillary cyme
Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts-	ca. 6cm long; yellowish-white
Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds-	7 -10cm long
Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.-

[shrikant ingalhalikar]

P. acerifolium because the leaves and flowers are much bigger. For P.
canescens leaves would be not peltate, not lobed and 10 cm long and
flowers would be 5 cm long. Regards, Shrikant

On Mar 23, 11:33 am, Muthu Karthick <nmk....@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear members,
> Please help to resolve this identity, found in IIT-M campus. This might be a
> remnant tree of the past flora of this area, because I have seen this tree
> more around Chennai.
>

> Is this tree, *Pterospermum acerifolium* (L.) Willd.? or *Pterospermum
> canescens* Roxb.?
>
>  *Date/Time-*
>
> * *
>
> *21/4/2008 4:30 pm*
>
> *Location- Place, Altitude, GPS-*
>
> * *
>
> *IIT - Madras campus*
>
> *Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-*
>
> * *
>
> *Urban*
>
> *Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb-  *
>
> * *
>
> *tree*
>
> *Height/Length-*
>
> * *
>
> *up to 10 m*
>
> *Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size-*
>
> * *
>
> *peltate in young.*
>
> *Inflorescence Type/ Size-*
>
> * *
>
> *axillary cyme*
>
> *Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts-*
>
> * *
>
> *ca. 6cm long; yellowish-white*
>
> *Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds-*
>
> * *
>
> *7 -10cm long*
>
> *Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.-*
>
> *
> *
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>  Stero (13).JPG
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Karthick ji

This is Pterospermum acerifolium (L.) Willd

On Mar 23, 11:33 am, Muthu Karthick <nmk....@gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear members,
> Please help to resolve this identity, found in IIT-M campus. This might be a
> remnant tree of the past flora of this area, because I have seen this tree
> more around Chennai.
>

[Anand Kumar Bhatt]

in Hindi it is called Kanak Champa. It does not do well in hot dry weather, but in a place  like Bhopal it gives excellent results. I have seen one majestic tree in the garden of the Vallabh Bhawan (the State Secretariat).
ak

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[Muthu Karthick]

Many thanks to all.

Tamil name: vennangu

Muthu Karthick, N
Junior Research Fellow
Care Earth Trust
Chennai - 61
www.careearthtrust.org

[Dinesh Valke]

... commonly known as: bayur tree, dinnerplate tree, maple-leaved bayur tree, maple-leaved lancewood, torch tree • Assamese: moragos • Bengali: মুচুকুন্দ mucukunda • Hindi: कनक चम्पा kanak champa, मुचकुन्द muchkund,  पद्म पुष्प padma pushp, परिव्याध parivyadh • Konkani: श्रीपाद shripad (for <i>P. diversifolium</i>) • Malayalam: ചെറുകൊന്ന cerukonna, മലഞുടലി malanjutali • Marathi: कर्णिकार karnikar • Oriya: mushukundo • Sanskrit: कर्णिकार karnikar, मुचुकुन्द muchukunda • Sikkim: hathipaila • Tamil: வெண்ணங்கு vennangu • Telugu: matsakanda


Regards.

[R. Vijayasankar]

Actually Gamble has mentioned it is doubtfully wild in south India. but we have collected 3 species of Pterospermum (P. reticulatum, P. xylocarpum and P. acerifolium) from Kalrayan Hills of Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu. So it (P. acerifolium) also occurs in wild, though it is commonly planted in gardens.

With regards

R. Vijayasankar
National Center for Natural Products Research,
The University of Mississippi,
Oxford, MS-38677, USA.