Horse Bean
Peltophorum africanum
Also known as Jerusalem Thorn
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Gujarat
- Flowering
- November-March
How to identify Horse Bean
Identify Horse Bean by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a shrub habit.
- Confirm leaf type: Bipinnately compound (doubly divided, fern-like).
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: November-March.
- In India, compare location records such as Gujarat.
- Confirm it sits within the Caesalpiniaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Horse Bean.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Peltophorum africanum
- Genus
- Peltophorum
- Family
- Caesalpiniaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Waste places, stream sides, also planted
- Habitat type
- Wetland, Cultivated, Wasteland
- Native to
- Tropical America
- Distribution
- Widely naturalised
- Found in India
- Gujarat
- Flowering & fruiting
- November-March
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Bipinnately compound (doubly divided, fern-like)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Horse Bean itself; the rest are typical of the Caesalpiniaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Legume
Characters marked “recorded” are for Horse Bean itself; the rest are typical of the Caesalpiniaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Horse Bean
A member of the Caesalpiniaceae family, Horse Bean (Peltophorum africanum) is a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Gujarat. It grows in waste places, stream sides, also planted. Flowering and fruiting run from November to March.
Caesalpiniaceae
Senna family
Horse Bean belongs to the Caesalpiniaceae family.
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