Duabanga grandiflora

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Duabanga grandiflora
File:Duabanga sonneratioides.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Rosids
Order:
Myrtales
Family:
Lythraceae
Genus:
Duabanga
Species:
D. grandiflora
Binomial name
Duabanga grandiflora
(Roxb. ex DC.) Walpers

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File:Duabanga sonneratioides syn Duabanga grandiflora flowers at Jayanti, Duars, West Bengal W Picture 217.jpg
flowers at Jayanti in Buxa Tiger Reserve in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal, India.

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.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Hooker p.56
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