Biology:Duabanga grandiflora
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Lythraceae |
| Genus: | Duabanga |
| Species: | D. grandiflora
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| Binomial name | |
| Duabanga grandiflora (Roxb. ex DC.) Walpers
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Duabanga grandiflora (syn. D. sonneratioides) is a species of evergreen tropical tree. From its peculiar habit, it 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]
Distribution
Native to India, Nepal, southern China, Myanmar and Malaysia.[3]
Gallery
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Flowers at Jayanti in Buxa Tiger Reserve in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal, India -
Middle story at Jayanti -
At Jayanti -
Leaves at Jayanti
References
- ↑ Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI); IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group (2019). "Duabanga grandiflora". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T61776714A145823330.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/61776714/145823330.
- ↑ Hooker p.56
- ↑ "Duabanga grandiflora in Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal @ efloras.org". http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=110&taxon_id=200014669.
- Hooker, Joseph Dalton; J. F. Cathcart; W. H. Fitch (1855). Illustrations of Himalayan plants. London: L. Reeve. pp. 55–56. LCC QK349.33 .H66 1855. http://www.illustratedgarden.org/mobot/rarebooks/page.asp?relation=QK34933H661855&identifier=0056.
Wikidata ☰ Q2714919 entry
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