Occurrence (Special Areas) :
Indroda Park, Van Chetana Kendra, Infocity, Basan
About Spathodea campanulata Plant :
Habit : A very handsome tree.
Leaves : Opposite, imparipinnate, leaflets 9-19, oval, pointed, with 2 or 8 fleshy glands.
Inflorescence : Many flowered terminal racemes.
Flowers :
Orange-scarlet coloured, calyx boat-shaped, spathaceous, recurved, covers the flower in bud and then splits on one side and curves back, it has water secreting glands inside and contains water.
Corolla large campanulate and swollen with ovate, wavy lobes.
Stamens 4, exserted, yellow, anthers pendant.
Disk large, cup shaped.
Ovary oblong, ovules many.
Fruit : Capsule oblong-lanceolate, pointed at both ends, seeds winged.
Flowering and Fruiting Time : Decemer - March
Significance :
Commonly planted in the gardens or as an avenue tree on roads.
