Horse Bean
Peltophorum africanum
Also known as Jerusalem Thorn
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Gujarat
- Flowering
- November-March
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.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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