Pterocymbium tinctorium (Blanco) Merr.
| Kannada Name : | - |
| Common Name : | Winged boot tree |
| Family Name : | Malvaceae |
| Scientific Name : | Pterocymbium tinctorium |
| Species Type : | Exotic |
| Phenology : | Deciduous |
| Conservation Status : | Least concern |
| Flowering Period : | January - May |
| Fruiting Period : | January - May |
| Origin : | Peru |
Uses
A fibre obtained from the bark is used to make rope. The bark is used to improve black dyeing of cotton cloth.
Description
Deciduous trees, to 20 m high, bark grey-brown. Leaves simple, alternate, ovate or ovate-oblong, glabrous above, pubescent beneath, coriaceous, base cordate, apex acute or acuminate, margin entire. Inflorescence a terminal umbellate panicle. Flowers polygamous, yellow. Fruit a follicle, boat shaped with a pouch-like bulging at base, glabrous, membranous, 2-lobed, lower broad, round, upper linear, obtuse, glabrous, dehiscing before maturity; seed 1, 1 cm long, basal, ellipsoid to ovoid.
