✿Fabaceae · Derris
Flamboyant
Derris thyrsiflora var. eualata
Also known as Flame Tree, Gold Mohar
Climbing shrub
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Flowering
- December-August
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Derris thyrsiflora var. eualata
- Genus
- Derris
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Habitat
- Semi-Evergreen forests, also in the plains
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India
- Flowering & fruiting
- December-August
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Pinnately compound (leaflets in rows along a stalk)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Flamboyant itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- PurplerecordedPurple or violet
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Legume
Characters marked “recorded” are for Flamboyant itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Flamboyant
Flamboyant (Derris thyrsiflora var. eualata) is a climbing shrub in the Fabaceae family. It grows in semi-Evergreen forests, also in the plains. Flowering and fruiting run from December to August.
Botanical family
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
Flamboyant belongs to the Fabaceae family.
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