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Plant Detail
Botanical Name
Couroupita guianensis - Aubl.
Family
Lecythidaceae
Common Name
Shivlingi, Naagalinga, The cannon ball tree
Habit
Tree
Synonym
Habitat
Planted
Color Of Flower
Yellowish pink
Key Characters
Petals 4-6, free;
Systematic Position
Division :
Dicotyledonae
 
Class :
Polypetalae
 
Series :
Calyciflorae
 
Order :
Myrtales
Plant Description

Perennial, erect shrubs or small tree, bark brownish grey, rough; leaves alternate, crowded towards the ends of branches, oblong-ovate, entire, acute or obtuse at apex, shortly petioled; flowers large, fragrant, 8-10 cm across in woody, pendulous racemes or solitary on older trunk or lower branches; sepals 6, short; petals 6, broad, yellow or red outside and pink inside; stamens numerous, filaments connate, anthers in a globose head, arched over the stigma; ovary 5-7 celled, ovules many; fruit globose, large, woody, brown, with a strong, unpleasant smell when ripe; seeds numerous.

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