Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Bignoniaceae | Genus: Fernandoa | Species: Fernandoa adenophylla (Wall. ex G. Don) Steenis( मरोड़फली ) |
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| Synonym | Bignonia adenophylla Wall. ex G.Don, Haplophragma adenophyllum (Wall. ex G. Don) Dop, Spathodea adenophylla (Wall. ex G. Don) DC | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Katsagon, Marodphali | Flower Type | Panicle |
| English / Trade Name | Karen wood, Katsagon | Flowering Period | Oct-Dec |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Marodphali | Fruiting Period | Jan-March |
| Altitude | Up to 1000 m | Fruit Type | Capsule |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit a capsule, long, cylindrical, curved, dehiscing loculicidally, twisted, hanging like snakes from the branches. |
| Habitat | Cultivated as an ornamental tree | Bark Type | Rugged |
| Distribution | Native of Burma, the Andaman Islands, India. | Bark Details | Rugged, light brown in colour. |
| Distribution in Haryana | , Morni-Pinjore, Yamuna Nagar | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Compound | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Oblong | ||
| Description of Species | A deciduous tree,up to 15 m tall. Bark rugged, light brown in colour. Leaves opposite, pinnae rusty tomentose; leaflets 5-7, lateral, elliptic-oblong, entire, acute; rusty tomentose-brown. Flowers large, in terminal panicles; calyx 3-5-lobed, rusty tomentose; corolla tube tomentose on the outside, lobes subequal, obtuse. Fruit a capsule, long, cylindrical, curved, dehiscing loculicidally, twisted, hanging like snakes from the branches. | Leaf Details | Leaves opposite, pinnae rusty tomentose; leaflets 5-7, lateral, elliptic-oblong, entire, acute; rusty tomentose-brown. |
