| Type | Indigenous |
|---|---|
| Family | Bignoniaceae |
| Synonym | Bignonia colais Buch-Ham.ex Dillw. |
| Synonym_2 | Stereospermum tetragonnum A. DC. |
| Synonym_3 | Stereospermum chelonoides sensu Bedd. |
| Local Name | Pathiri |
| Local Name 2 | Poopathiri |
| Local Name 3 | Karingazha |
| Habit | Large sized tree |
| Botanical Features | Large trees, bole rough; bark 1.2 cm thick, pale greyish-brown, transversely rugose, exfoliations irregular; blaze creamy yellow. Leaves compound, imparipinnate, opposite, estipulate; rachis 10-21 cm long, slender, puberulent, swollen at base; leaflets 7-13, opposite; petiolule 7-12 mm, slender, puberulent, grooved above; lamina 4.5-13 x 2-4.5 cm, elliptic-lanceolate, elliptic-oblong, ovate or obovate; base oblique, acute or obtuse; apex acuminate or caudate acuminate; margin entire or serrate, glabrous above and puberulent beneath, chartaceous; lateral nerves 6-10 pairs, pinnate, flowers yellow veined with red, fruit a capsule, to 35 x 0.7 cm, tapering at apex and base, epicarp thin, spirally splitting; seeds 8 mm long, wings obtuse at both ends. |