Bignoniaceae tree for id 200411MK3

[Muthu Karthick]

Dear all, 

Please help to id this Bignoniaceae tree planted in the roads as avenue trees of Coimbatore city, TN.

Sorry for the poor pictures.

Date/Time-	15-04-2011 / 06:00 AM
Location- Place, Altitude, GP	ca.400asl; Coimbatore, TN
Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-	urban [avenue tree]
Plant Habit-	tree
Height/Length-	5-6 m
Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size-	c. 50 cm; odd-pinnate
Inflorescence Type/ Size-	20 cm longer
Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts-	yellow; 6 x 4 cm
Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds-	flat pods; 40 - 50 cm long; 1-1.5cm wide
Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.-

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Muthu Karthick, N
Care Earth Trust

#15, second main road,

Thillai ganga nagar,
Chennai - 600 061

Mob: 0091 96268 33911
www.careearthtrust.org

[rajdeo singh]

Hello,

This is Markhamia lutea (Benth.) K. Schum

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Rajdeo Singh
Project fellow
St. Xavier's College,
Mumbai

[Mahadeswara]

Markhamia lutea ( common name: Gold Markhamia, Yellow Bell Bean
Tree) . Nativwe to Africa. See the earlier postings from me. This
is a very common (street tree) in Mysore city. In Chennai one can see
this tree near Grand Sweets on Gandhinagar 4th Main Road,

[harithasandhya]

Dear friends,

Thank you for the pictures and the id. I have been wanting to identify
this tree for some time. I recently noticed this being planted as
avenue trees in some areas of Trivandrum city.

Regards,
Sandhya

On Apr 20, 1:54 pm, Muthu Karthick <nmk....@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear all,
> Please help to id this Bignoniaceae tree planted in the roads as avenue
> trees of Coimbatore city, TN.
> Sorry for the poor pictures.
>

> *Date/Time-*

>
> 15-04-2011 / 06:00 AM
>

> *Location- Place, Altitude, GP*
>
> ca.400asl; Coimbatore, TN
>
> *Habitat-** Garden**/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-*
>
> urban [avenue tree]
>
> *Plant Habit-*
>
> tree
>
> *Height/Length-*
>
> 5-6 m
>
> *Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size-*
>
> c. 50 cm; odd-pinnate
>
> *Inflorescence Type/ Size-*
>
> 20 cm longer
>
> *Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts-*

>
> yellow; 6 x 4 cm
>

> *Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- *

> flat pods; 40 - 50 cm long; 1-1.5cm wide
>

> *Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.- *

>
> --
> Muthu Karthick, N
> Care Earth Trust
> #15, second main road,
> Thillai ganga nagar,
> Chennai - 600 061
> Mob: 0091 96268 33911www.careearthtrust.org
>

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