How to identify Pride Of Bolivia
Identify Pride Of Bolivia 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: Single-winged samara-like pod.
- Confirm leaf type: Pinnately compound.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- Confirm fruit type: Samara.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka.
- Confirm it sits within the Caesalpiniaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Pride Of Bolivia.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Tipuana tipu
- Genus
- Tipuana
- Family
- Caesalpiniaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Karnataka
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Pinnately compoundrecordedLeaflets are arranged in rows along a central stalk, like a feather.“The leaves of the tree are pinnately compound, 10 inches (25 cm) long;” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Pride Of Bolivia itself; the rest are typical of the Caesalpiniaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
- Fruit type
- SamararecordedA dry, winged fruit adapted for wind dispersal.“The fruit is a hard, pod with the seed at one end, resembling a samara (the fruit of the Ash genus, Fraxinus).” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Legume
Characters marked “recorded” are for Pride Of Bolivia itself; the rest are typical of the Caesalpiniaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Pride Of Bolivia
Pride of Bolivia (Tipuana tipu) is a tree in the Caesalpiniaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka.
Caesalpiniaceae
Senna family
Pride Of Bolivia belongs to the Caesalpiniaceae family.
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