Tree Details

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Botanical Name	Peltophorum pterocarpum (DC.)
Family Name	Caesalpiniaceae
Common Name	Copperpod
Tamil Name	பெருங் கொன்றை அல்லது இயல்வாகை
Life Form	Herbs
Distribution	Tropical Africa, Asia and Northern Australia.
Botanical Distribution	Habit: Tree, up to 15 m tall; young branchlets greytomentose brown. Leaves: Leaves bipinnate compound, paripinnate, pinnae opposite, 8- 9-pairs; leaflets opposite, oblong, obliquely rounded at base, entire at margin, retuse at apex, glabrescent; nerves less; petiole sessile. Panicles terminal branching alternate. Flower: Flowers ca. golden yellow. Calyx deflexed, lobe 5, ovate. Petals 5, obovate-oblong, undulate at margin, tomentose base. Stamens 10; filament unequal, slender, densely hairy, brown; anther oblong. Fruit: Ovary stalked, oblong, flat, densely hairy, brown; 1-loculed; ovules many; style subflattened; stigma capitate, greenish. Pods oblong-ellipsoid, flattened. Seeds: Seeds 5 - 6, flat.
Flowering and Fruiting	Jan. – April
Key Compounds	Aliphatic alcohols, Fatty acids, Amino acids, Terpenoids, Phenolics, Flavonoids, Alkaloids, Steroids
Medicinal Use	Stomatitis, Insomnia, Skin troubles, Constipation, Ringworm, Insomnia, Dysentery, Muscular pains, Sores, and Skin
At the Campus	Botanical garden