Скачать или смотреть ¹⁴ Gulmohar गुलमोहर (Delonix regia) Flower

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▪︎ Gulmohar गुलमोहर (Delonix regia) in Pea Family (Fabaceae) with common names; Flame Tree, Peacock Tree. Flowers are large with Five (5) Petals -
◇ Four (4) - Scarlet or Orange-Red Petals
◇ One (1) - a fifth upright Petal called 'Standard' which is slightly larger and spotted with Yellow & White.

They appear in corymbs (a flower cluster whose 'lower stalks' are proportionally 'longer' so that flowers form a 'flat' or slightly 'convex head') along and at ends of branches. Naturally occurring variety Flavida (Bengali: Radhachura) has Yellow flowers. Pods are green and flaccid (soft and weak) when young, then turn dark-brown and woody as they mature. Seeds are small.

Compound (Doubly Pinnate) leaves have a feathery appearance and are a characteristic light, bright green. Each leaf has 20-40 pairs of Primary Leaflets or Pinnae, each divided into 10-20 pairs of Secondary Leaflets or Pinnules...😎 'Pinnae' - 20-40 pairs, 'each Pinnae' 10-20 pairs Leaflets

Pollen grains are elongated.

▪︎ (Butea monosperma) Palash, Dhak, किंशुक Kinshuk, टेसू Tesu, Battle of Plassey Tree, Flame of the Forest Tree
▪︎ (Delonix regia) Gulmohar गुलमोहर, Flame Tree, Peacock Tree

...both in Pea Family (Fabaceae)

Structure of Pea Flower (Fabaceae)...
◇One (1) Petal at top is Banner or Standard. It develops outside of others before flower has opened.
◇ Two (2) lateral Petals called Wings are present.
◇ Two (2) lower Petals are (usually fused not always) and form a Keel that encloses Stamens and Pistil.

Discovered in early 19th century in its native Madagascar by botanist Wensel Bojer.

Etymology -
• 'Gul' means 'flower' in Persian, while 'mor' 🦚 which got corrupted to 'mohar' means Peacock.
• Genus name 'Delonix' originates from Greek words 'delos' which means visible or conspicuous and 'onux' which means claw. Petals of Delonix regia have a Claw-like shape at base.
• Species Epithet 'regia' comes from Latin word 'regis' which means 'royal or magnificent'.

Easy to remember 'Delhi 16 Region' - DELhi + ONE + sIX... REGion + ia (Iphone...Apple wala)
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🌹 Clade Superrosids • 105204, 4093 Genera
☆¹⁸ Order Saxifragales • 3302, 127
♤ Clade Rosids • 101902, 3966
○ ☆¹⁷ Order Vitales • 1022, 20
○ ♤ Clade Eurosids • 100880, 3946
● ♤ Clade Fabids • 65417, 2229
● ♤ Clade Malvids • 35463, 1717

♤ Clade Fabids • 65417, 2229
☆¹ Order Zygophyllales • 308, 27
☆² Order Celastrales • 1336, 102
☆³ Order Oxalidales • 2050, 59
☆⁴ Order Malpighiales • 19615, 764
☆⁵ Order Fabales • 24065, 833
☆⁶ Order Rosales • 13015, 298
☆⁷ Order Cucurbitales • 3338, 111
☆⁸ Order Fagales • 1690, 35

♤ Clade Malvids • 35463, 1717
☆⁹ Order Geraniales • 822, 16
☆¹⁰ Order Myrtales • 14931, 387
☆¹¹ Order Crossosomatales • 65, 13
☆¹² Order Picramniales • 52, 4
☆¹³ Order Sapindales • 6844, 486
☆¹⁴ Order Huerteales • 30, 6
☆¹⁵ Order Malvales • 7504, 359
☆¹⁶ Order Brassicales • 5215, 446
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☆⁵ Order Fabales • 24849, 967

•¹ Family Fabaceae • 23464, 930 - Pea, Bean, Legumes

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▪︎ Genus Delonix • 108
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🌾 Silk Cotton Balls (Kopak) flood the street...
▪︎ (Bombax ceiba) Silk Cotton Tree, Kapok Tree • Hindi: शाल्मली Shalmali, सेमल Semal • Sanskrit: शाल्मली Shaalmali, स्थिरायुः Sthiraayu in Mallow/Bhindi Family (Malvaceae)...😎 Malviya Nagar (New Delhi) ki Bhindi...🤯

Etymology -
• Genus Bombax is likely derived from Greek bombyx, referring to things of 'silk or cotton' and alludes to abundant, silk-like or cottony fibers in fruits.
• Specific Epithet 'ceiba' is a Spanish derivative of a Taino or other Arawakan (South American indigenous languages) name used for a group of large, tropi­cal trees related to Bombax, many of which produce Kapok or silk-cotton in their fruits.
Shalmali or Shalmalee is a Sanskrit word for Silk Cotton tree. Alternatively, it means Lord Vishnu's power.

It is a native tree with large red flowers blooms during January to March. Genus Bombax(8) has eight species in native to India, tropical southern Asia, northern Australia and tropical Africa.
Fruit (size of a ping-pong ball) on maturity appears during March & April. These are full of cotton-like fibrous stuff. It is for fiber that villagers gather semul fruit and extract cotton substance called 'Kopak'. This substance is used for filling economically priced pillows, quilts, sofas etc. Semul is quite a fast growing tree. Its wood when sawn fresh is white in color turns darkish gray later. Used as food plants by larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Leaf-miner (Bucculatrix crateracma) which feeds exclusively on this tree.