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Castanospermum australe
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Castanospermum australe A. Cunn. & Fraser in Hook.'s Bot. Misc. 1:241. t.51.1830; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 110. 1992; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 85. 2002.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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English name(s):
Moreton bay chestnut, Australian chest nut
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Description:
Trees, to 25 m high; bark greyish-brown, smooth, blaze dull yellow. Leaves imparipinnate, alternate, stipulate; rachis 35-55 cm long, stout, pulvinate, glabrous; leaflets 9-19, subopposite; petiolule 3-5 mm long, stout, grooved above, glabrous; lamina12-15 × 3-5 cm, elliptic, oblong, elliptic-lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, base obliquely acute, apex acuminate, margin entire, glabrous, coriaceous; lateral nerves 7-10 pairs, pinnate, slender, prominent, intercostae reticulate, faint. Flowers bisexual, orange, in 12 cm long, racemes which may be axillary or from the old wood; peduncle to 2.5 cm long; calyx 2 cm, turbinate, broadly 5-lobed; petals 5; standard obovate-orbicular, clawed; wings and keels oblong, to 2 cm; stamens 5, free; ovary inferior, stalked, glabrous, ovules few. Fruit a pod, to 12 x 1 cm, turgid, woody, terete, 2-valved; seeds subglobose, 3 cm wide.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-October
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown as ornamental tree
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Distribution:
Native of Australia
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Red
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
Yes
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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