Fabaceae
Peltophorum

Peltophorum dubium (Spreng.) Taub.

First published in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(3): 176 (1892)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Caribbean, S. Tropical America. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Tree
Vernacular
Arbol De Artigas, Cana Fistula, Farinha-seca, Ibira-puita, Imbira-puita, Yellow Poinciana
[ILDIS]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/62027184/149024649

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

Leguminosae, R.K. Brummitt, A.C. Chikuni, J.M. Lock and R.M. Polhill. Flora Zambesiaca 3:2. 2007

Morphology General Habit
Tree up to 20 m high.
Morphology Stem
Young stems with fine, dense, rusty-brown to greyish, closely appressed puberulence or pubescence, also with small, stalked, swollen-headed glands.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves: petiole and rachis together 4–30(50) cm; pinnae (7)10–21 pairs; pinna rachis 3–11 cm; leaflets 10–32 pairs per pinna, 5–12 × 1.5–3(4) mm, oblong, asymmetrical at the base, rounded to subacute at the apex and mucronate; lower surface pubescent, upper surface glabrous or rarely pubescent; stipules simple and inconspicuous or absent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence as in P. africanum; bracts occasionally persisting to flowering; pedicels 3–8 mm excluding the receptacle.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Sepals 4–5(6) mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals 12–17 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
Ovary and pods as in P. africanum.
[FZ]

Uses

Use
Chemical products, Environmental, Wood
[ILDIS]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0