Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Sterculaceae | Genus: Pterospermum | Species: Pterospermum acerifolium (Linn.) Willd.( कनक चंपा ) |
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| Synonym | Cavanilla acerifolia(Linn.) J. F. Gmel.,Dombeya acerifolia(Linn.) Gaertn., Pentapes acerifolia Linn.,Pterospermadendron acerifolium (Linn.) Kuntze |
Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Kanak Champa | Flower Type | Solitary |
| English / Trade Name | Dinnerplate tree, Maple-leaved Lancewood,Kanak Champa,BayurTree,Maple-leaved Bayur Tree,Torch Tree | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Kanak Champa | Fruiting Period | April-June |
| Altitude | Up to 1000 m | Fruit Type | Capsule |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Capsules stalked, oblong, 5-angled, woody and brown-tubercled. Seeds obliquely ovoid, compressed with a large membranous wing. |
| Habitat | Grown as avenue tree | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | Continental Asia; introduced elsewhere | Bark Details | Bark smooth, ash-coloured. |
| Distribution in Haryana | Sonepat | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Palmate | ||
| Description of Species | Tree, 12-15 m tall; bark smooth, ash-coloured; branchlets ferruginous-tomentose. Leaves polymorphous, obovate to orbicular or oblong, cordate, sometimes peltate at base, coarsely serrate at margin, entire or sinuately lobed at apex, grey-tomentose beneath; stipules multifid, caducous. Flowers axillary, solitary or in 2 or 3 flowered cymes, fragrant; bracts semilunar; bracteoles laciniate, caducous. Sepals linear-oblong, obtuse, fleshy, densely tomentose outside, villous inside. Petals linear-oblong, slightly shorter than sepals, stellate-pubescent outside, white. Staminodes clavate. Ovary oblong, 5-loculed; ovules many in 2 rows; stigma clavate. Capsules stalked, oblong, 5-angled, woody and brown-tubercled. Seeds obliquely ovoid, compressed with a large membranous wing. | Leaf Details | Leaves polymorphous, obovate to orbicular or oblong, cordate, sometimes peltate at base, coarsely serrate at margin, entire or sinuately lobed at apex, grey-tomentose beneath; stipules multifid, caducous. |
