RAMBABU

PLANT NAME : Delonix Regia

PLANTED BY : K. Rambabu

DATE : 16-08-2024

TIME : 11:44 AM

PLANT LOCATION

Plant description

Delonix regia is a species of flowering plant in the bean family Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae native to Madagascar. It is noted for its fern-like leaves and flamboyant display of orange-red flowers over summer. In many tropical parts of the world it is grown as an ornamental tree and in English it is given the name royal poinciana, flamboyant, phoenix flower, flame of the forest, or flame tree

Classifications and Characteristics

Plant Division	Angiosperms (Flowering Seed Plants) (Dicotyledon)
Plant Growth Form	Tree (Medium (16m-30m))
Lifespan (in Singapore)	Perennial

Mode of Nutrition	Autotrophic
Plant Shape	Umbrella
Maximum Height	9 m to 20 m
Maximum Plant Spread / Crown Width	12 m to 18 m

Biogeography

Native Distribution	Madagascar
Native Habitat	Terrestrial (Monsoon Forest)
Preferred Climate Zone	Tropical, Sub-Tropical / Monsoonal

Local Conservation Status

Non-native (Horticultural / Cultivated Only)

Description and Ethnobotany

Growth Form	It is deciduous in climates with a dry season, shedding its leaves at the end of the wet season.
Crown	Small tree (9 – 15 m tall) with an umbrella-shaped crown.
Trunk	Bark grey and smooth. Short trunk having buttress roots. Branches weak and prone to breakage by wind.

Foliage	Bipinnately compound leaves have alternate leaf arrangement (20 - 60 cm long). Each leaf has 9 - 25 pairs of pinnae; each pinnae consists of 14 - 30 pairs of leaflets.
Flowers	Flowers bright red and orange (10 – 13 cm in diameter). Each flower has 5 similar-sized petals. One of these is a white or light pink standard petal that has red streaks. They have a subtle fragrance.
Fruit	Pods that are initially green and flexible become reddish brown or black, woody and gently curved (30 - 75 cm long, 5 – 8 cm wide) at maturity. Pods each contain 20 – 45 hard, oblong, somewhat flattened seeds (2 cm in length). They split open to release the seeds at maturity.
Habitat	Occurs at altitudes of 0 - 1,000 m and rainfall of 750 - 3,000 mm. It is often found in dry, tropical savannas

Landscaping Features

Landscaping	Often used in parks, gardens and roadsides due to its bright red flowers. Make an excellent shade or focal point tree. It is salt tolerant and may be planted near the coast, but not directly on an open beach. However, the plants sheds numerous twigs, leaves and large woody pods. Shed twigs, leaves and pods may have allelochemicals that inhibit the growth of neighboring plants.
Desirable Plant Features	Ornamental Flowers
Landscape Uses	Parks & Gardens, Focal Plant

Plant Care and Propagation

Light Preference	Full Sun, [Remarks] (Delonix regia is light sensitive and trees that grow beside street lamps remain evergreen and do not bloom, or may produce flowers on the side away from the light. )
Water Preference	Moderate Water
Plant Growth Rate	Fast to Moderate

Propagation Method	Seed, Stem Cutting (Tip, Softwood), Marcotting

Fruit, Seed and Spore

Mature Fruit Colour(s)	Black
Fruit Classification	Simple Fruit
Fruit Type	Dehiscent Dry Fruit, Legume / Pod

Mature Seed Colour(s)	Black
Plant Sexuality (non-Angiosperm)	Monoecious

USES

Delonix regia additionally has anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, anti-microbial, antidiarrheal, hepatoprotective, antidiabetic, anti-ulcer, anticancer, antihelminthic, cytotoxic, antioxidant, gastroprotective, wound healing, hypoglycaemic and antifeedant activities.

PLANT INFO

PLANT NAME : Bougainvillea

PLANTED BY : K.Rambabu

LOCATION : Abdul Kalam Garden

DATE : 05-06-2024

TIME : 10:55 AM

PLANT LOCATION

PLANT DESCRIPTION

Bougainvillea is a popular ornamental, mostly valued for its multi coloured bracts. It can be used in the garden as a shrub, climber, pot plant or as a specimen plant. By keeping the view of its multiple uses there is always demand for the new coloured and forms of bracts in bougainvillea. All the present day colourful bracted bougainvilleas are developed through bud sports, mutations and inter and intra specific hybridization. There is no record of varieties evolved in bougainvillea through classical breeding in different countries. Present article will provide maximum information generated in India by different research institutes on classical and mutation breeding on bougainvillea.

CLASSIFICATIONS AND CHARACTERISTICS

Plant Division	Angiosperms (Flowering Seed Plants)
Plant Growth Form	Climber
Lifespan (in Singapore)	Perennial

Mode of Nutrition

Autotrophic

DESCRIPTION AND ETHNOBOTANY

Woody perennial vine or shrub (or small tree), erect or clambering, attaining a height of up to 12 m and a width of 7 m. Branches pilose, with straight, axillary, pilose spines.

Leaves alternate, 2.6-2.5 × 2.7- 5 cm, chartaceous, ovate, the apex acute, obtuse, or acuminate, the base obtuse, rounded, or attenuate, slightly asymmetrical, the margins sinuate; lower surface tomentulose, with prominent pilose venation; petioles slender, 1 to 2.3 cm long, pilose.

Flowers in axillary clusters of threes, each flower with a purple, red, pink, or orange bract beneath, to ca. 3 to 4 cm long; calyx tubular with 5 lobes, to ca. 2 cm long, tube the same colour as the bracts, lobes white, ca. 3 mm long; corolla absent; stamens 5-10. Fruit an achene, 1-1.5 cm, elongate, 5-ribbed containing 1 seed.

Growth Form	It is a rambling shrub, with short and thin thorns which curved at the tips. The thinner branches spread in many directions.
Foliage	Foliages are elliptical or oval in shape, where they are widest at the middle of the lamina.
Flowers	The flowers are small and cream-coloured, tube in shape, flowers continuously through the entire branch, covered by distinctive triangle-shaped, pointed red bracts.

Etymology

Genus Bougainvillea is named after Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1729-1811), who was a French naval officer.

LANDSCAPING FEATURES

Desirable Plant Features	Ornamental Flowers
Landscape Uses	Small Gardens, Hedge / Screening, Container Planting

PLANT CARE AND PROPAGATION

Light Preference	Full Sun
Water Preference	Little Water
Plant Growth Rate	Fast to Moderate

Rootzone Tolerance	Drought Tolerant, Well-Drained Soils
Propagation Method	Stem Cutting

FOLIAR

Foliage Retention	Evergreen
Mature Foliage Colour(s)	Green
Foliar Shape(s)	Non-Palm Foliage (Oval, Elliptical)

Foliar Venation	Pinnate / Net
Foliar Margin	Entire

NON - FOLIAR AND STORAGE

Stem Type & Modification	Woody

FLORAL (ANGIOSPERM)

Flower Colour(s)	Red
Flower Texture(s)	Papery
Flower Location	Axillary

Individual Flower Shape	Tubular
Flowering Period	Free-Flowering

BENEFITS

It also is believed to have anticancer, antihepatotoxic, anti-inflammatory, antihyperlipidemic, antimicrobial, antioxidant, and antiulcer properties. Bougainvillea spectabilis contains pinitol, which has an insulin-like effect and has the potential for development as a treatment for diabetes.

USES

The flowers, alone or in combination with other medicinal plants, have long been used in Mexican traditional medicine for the treatment of coughs and respiratory problems.

A related species, B. glabra, has been found to have important properties as a botanical insecticide.

PLANT INFO

PLANT NAME : Peltophorum Pterocarpum

PLANTED BY : k. Rambabu

LOCATION : Chalivendram Boundary

DATE : 21-03-2024

TIME : 10:37 AM

PLANT LOCATION

PLANT DESCRIPTION

Plant Division	Angiosperms (Flowering Seed Plants) (Dicotyledon)
Plant Growth Form	Tree
Lifespan (in Singapore)	Perennial

Mode of Nutrition	Autotrophic
Plant Shape	Umbrella
Maximum Height	35 m
Maximum Plant Spread / Crown Width	9 m to 12 m
Tree or Palm – Trunk Diameter	1 m