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Stereospermum chelonoides

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(Redirected from Bignonia suaveolens) Species of tree

Stereospermum chelonoides
In Bangladesh
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
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
DC.
Synonyms
  • 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.

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".

References

  1. ^ 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

External links

Taxon identifiers
Stereospermum chelonoides
Bignonia suaveolens


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