Fabaceae
Peltophorum

Peltophorum pterocarpum (DC.) Backer ex K.Heyne

First published in Nutt. Pl. Ned.-Ind., ed. 2, 2: 755 (1927)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Indo-China to N. Australia. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is has environmental uses and social uses, as animal food and a medicine and for fuel and food.

Descriptions

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Tree
Vernacular
Calice, Copper-Pod, Golden Flamboyante, Iya-vakai, Peltophorum, Yellow Flamboyant, Yellow Flame, Yellow Flame Tree, Yellow Poinciana
[ILDIS]

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 17 m high.
Morphology Stem
Young stems shortly brown-tomentose, glabrescent.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves: petiole and rachis together up to 35 cm, brown-tomentose when young; pinnae 7–14 pairs; pinna rachis 4–13 cm; leaflets (5)9–17(20) pairs per pinna, (5)8–21 × (2)4–8(9) mm, ± oblong or oblong-rhombic, very asymmetrical at the base, rounded and usually emarginate (never mucronate) at the apex; both surfaces pubescent to glabrous; stipules simple and inconspicuous or apparently absent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence like that of P. africanum but usually longer and with more branches; pedicels 4–7(10 in fruit) mm, approximately as long as the calyx.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Sepals (5)6–8(10) mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals 13–23 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
Ovary as in P. africanum.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods (4)5–12 × 1.6–3.2 cm, narrowly elliptic to oblong; seeds 1–3(?4).
[FZ]

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Andean. Elevation range: 800–1500 m a.s.l. Cultivated in Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Tolima.
Habit
Tree.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: shrubland, artificial - terrestrial.
[UPFC]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Cultivada en Colombia; Alt. 800 - 1500 m.; Andes.
Morphology General Habit
Árbol
[CPLC]

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]

Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/

Vernacular
acacia
[UNAL]

Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds Protein Content

14.70% Entire seed/nut. Moisture content not stated (Barclay & Earle, 1974)

[SID]

Leguminosae, J. B. Gillett, R. M. Polhill & B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1971

Note
With 10–19 pairs of leaflets per pinna which are emarginate and without a mucro at apex and ± 0.8–3 cm. long and 0.35-0.9 cm. wide, small unbranched stipules, racemes aggregated into a terminal panicle, and pedicels at flowering time at most as long as the calyx.
[FTEA]

Uses

Use
Chemical products, Domestic, Environmental, Forage, Medicine, Miscellaneous, Wood
[ILDIS]

Use Animal Food
Used as animal food.
Use Environmental
Environmental uses.
Use Fuel
Used for fuels.
Use Food
Used for food.
Use Materials
Used as material.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.
Use Social
Social uses.
[UPFC]

Sources

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

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    • Copyright applied to individual images

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