Rose Of The Jungle
Brownea grandiceps
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Maharashtra
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Rose Of The Jungle
Identify Rose Of The Jungle by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a tree habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Large rose-like flower heads.
- Confirm leaf arrangement: Opposite.
- Confirm leaf type: Pinnately compound.
- Confirm flower colour: Red.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Maharashtra.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Brownea grandiceps
- Genus
- Brownea
- Family
- Caesalpiniaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Grown as garden plant
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Native to
- South America
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Maharashtra
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
Leaf characters
- Leaf arrangement
- OppositerecordedTwo leaves arise from the stem at the same point, facing each other.“The leaves are opposite, elongated and pinnate with twelve to eighteen pairs of oblong or lanceolate leaflets ending in a bristle-like point.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf type
- Pinnately compoundrecordedLeaflets are arranged in rows along a central stalk, like a feather.“The leaves are opposite, elongated and pinnate with twelve to eighteen pairs of oblong or lanceolate leaflets ending in a bristle-like point.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf shape
- LanceolaterecordedLong and narrow, tapering to a point, like a lance head.“The leaves are opposite, elongated and pinnate with twelve to eighteen pairs of oblong or lanceolate leaflets ending in a bristle-like point.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- PubescentrecordedCovered in short, soft hairs.“The shoots and leaf stalks are downy.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Rose Of The Jungle itself; the rest are typical of the Caesalpiniaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Redrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Legume
Characters marked “recorded” are for Rose Of The Jungle itself; the rest are typical of the Caesalpiniaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- സുപ്തി
About Rose Of The Jungle
A member of the Caesalpiniaceae family, Rose of the Jungle (Brownea grandiceps) is a tree. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Maharashtra. It is grown as garden plant. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Caesalpiniaceae
Senna family
Rose Of The Jungle belongs to the Caesalpiniaceae family.
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