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Stereospermum chelonoides

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Stereospermum chelonoides
In Bangladesh
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Bignoniaceae
Genus: Stereospermum
Species:
S. chelonoides
Binomial name
Stereospermum chelonoides
Synonyms[2]
  • Bignonia chelonoides L.f.
  • Bignonia gratissima K.D.Koenig ex DC.
  • Bignonia suaveolens Roxb.
  • Heterophragma chelonoides (L.f.) Dalzell & A.Gibson
  • Heterophragma suaveolens (Roxb.) Dalzell & A.Gibson
  • Hieranthes fragrans Raf.
  • Spathodea suaveolens (Roxb.) Benth. & Hook.f.
  • Stereospermum suaveolens (Roxb.) DC.
  • Tecoma suaveolens (Roxb.) G.Don

Stereospermum chelonoides is a deciduous tree native to South and Southeast Asia.[1][3]

Flower in Bangladesh

In Theravada Buddhism, this plant is said to have used as the tree for achieved enlightenment, or Bodhi by third Buddha called "Saranankara - සරණංකර", and twenty second Buddha "Vipassi - විපස්සි". The plant is known as පුලිල (pulila) in Sanskrit, పాదిరి (pādiri) in Telugu, පලොල් (palol) in Sinhala and পারুল (parul) in Bengali.

References

  1. ^ a b IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group; Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI); Lakhey, P. & Pathak, J. (2022). "Stereospermum chelonoides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T150104502A150219559. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  2. ^ The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species, retrieved 16 November 2016
  3. ^ Troup, Robert Scott (1921), The silviculture of Indian trees, Clarendon Press, pp. 688–689


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