Duabanga grandiflora

From its peculiar habit, Duabanga grandiflora (syn. D. sonneratioides) is a singular feature in its native forests. The trunk is erect, 40–80 feet high, undivided but sometimes forking from the base. The lower limbs spread drooping from the trunk; these are long, slender, sparingly branched, and the branches are four-angled, loosely covered with large spreading leaves. Since the leaves are arranged in two ranks, the slender branches resemble petioles, bearing pinnae of a compound leaf; the leaves are further often recurved, and are deep green above, and almost white beneath. The large blossoms expand in April, exhaling a rank odour reportedly resembling asafoetida when they first burst, but they become inodorous before the petals drop. The stamens are all bent inwards in bud. The fruit is a large as a small apple. The wood is white and soft.[2]

Duabanga grandiflora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Lythraceae
Genus: Duabanga
Species:
D. grandiflora
Binomial name
Duabanga grandiflora
(Roxb. ex DC.) Walpers

Distribution

Native to India, Nepal, southern China, Myanmar and Malaysia.[3]

References
  1. Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) & IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group (2019). "Duabanga grandiflora". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T61776714A145823330. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  2. Hooker p.56
  3. "Duabanga grandiflora in Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2019-05-09.


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