Yellow Saraca
Saraca thaipingensis
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
How to identify Yellow Saraca
Identify Yellow Saraca 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: Yellow flowers aging to orange.
- Confirm leaf type: Pinnately compound (leaflets in rows along a stalk).
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Tamil Nadu.
- Confirm it sits within the Caesalpiniaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Yellow Saraca.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Saraca thaipingensis
- Genus
- Saraca
- Family
- Caesalpiniaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Pinnately compound (leaflets in rows along a stalk)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Yellow Saraca 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 Yellow Saraca itself; the rest are typical of the Caesalpiniaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Bengali
- স্বর্ণ অশোক
About Yellow Saraca
Yellow Saraca (Saraca thaipingensis) is a tree in the Caesalpiniaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. It grows in moist deciduous forests.
Caesalpiniaceae
Senna family
Yellow Saraca belongs to the Caesalpiniaceae family.
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