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Saraca griffithiana

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Saraca griffithiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Saraca
Species:
S. griffithiana
Binomial name
Saraca griffithiana
Prain

Saraca griffithiana (in the family Fabaceae Lindl.) is a tree native to Yunnan Province of China and also to Burma (Myanmar).[1] It is a forest tree sometimes attaining a height of 18 m (54 feet). It can be distinguished from the related Saraca dives Pierre by its short bracts less than 5 mm long, and by its articulate petioles.[2]

Saraca griffithiana Prain, It was first described and published J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. Vol.66 on page 491 in 1897.[3][1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Saraca griffithiana Prain | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  2. ^ Flora of China vol 10 page 23.
  3. ^ Prain, Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Part 2, Natural History 66: 491. 1897.