Stereospermum kunthianum var. dentatum (A.Rich.) Fiori
Growing to 25 cm diameter, it has thin, grey-black bark, smooth or flaking in patches resembling the London plane; the trunk is rarely straight, with twisted branches.[2] Usually 5m tall, but occasionally up to 15m, with abundant, fragrant, precocious, pink or purplish flowers, making the tree a spectacular sight. The alternate leaves are imparipinnately compound and some 25 cm long; leaflets are nearly opposite with one terminal leaflet, and with short, soft hairs, oblong to oblong-elliptic in shape, green and hairless above, yellowish-green with prominent venation below, apex somewhat attenuate, and the base tapering. The leaf margin may be entire or sometimes toothed in coppice shoots, while petiolules are virtually absent. Petioles may be up to 7 cm long, and are caniculate. Immature leaves are occasionally toothed and hairy.
The calyx is campanulate, 5-6mm long and almost glabrous; the corolla is some 5 cm long, with the tube softly pubescent; panicle large, usually softly pubescent. Fruits are slender, flat, paired pods up to 60 x 1 cm, cylindrical, pendulous, spirally twisted, smooth, splitting in two and releasing many flat, long, narrow seeds winged at each end, 2.5–3 cm long. The remains of the pods persist on the tree for several months. Preferring sandy and clay soils, it is often found in association with termite mounds.
The timber is white with yellowish or pinkish stains, and is used for making mortars. The bark is used for treating bronchitis and other pulmonary complaints, while roots and leaves are also used in traditional medicine.[3]
Decoctions and infusions of the fruits, bark and roots are used in traditional medicine for pharyngeal affections, leprosy, subcutaneous parasitic infections and other skin afflictions, venereal diseases, diarrhoea, dysentery, and as antiemetics, febrifuges, analgesics, vermifuges, diuretics and laxatives.[5]
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stereospermum, kunthianum, african, deciduous, shrub, small, tree, occurring, democratic, republic, congo, djibouti, eritrea, ethiopia, kenya, malawi, senegal, somalia, sudan, tanzania, uganda, widespread, across, africa, reaches, south, angola, mozambique, za. Stereospermum kunthianum is an African deciduous shrub or small tree occurring in the Democratic Republic of Congo Djibouti Eritrea Ethiopia Kenya Malawi Senegal Somalia Sudan Tanzania and Uganda It is widespread across Africa to the Red Sea and reaches as far south as Angola Mozambique Zambia and Zimbabwe There are some 30 species with a Central African and Asian distribution Stereospermum kunthianumScientific classificationKingdom PlantaeClade TracheophytesClade AngiospermsClade EudicotsClade AsteridsOrder LamialesFamily BignoniaceaeGenus StereospermumSpecies S kunthianumBinomial nameStereospermum kunthianumCham Synonyms 1 Bignonia lanata R Br ex Fresen Dolichandrone smithii Baker Stereospermum arguezona A Rich Stereospermum arnoldianum De Wild Stereospermum cinereoviride K Schum Stereospermum dentatum A Rich Stereospermum integrifolium A Rich Stereospermum kunthianum var dentatum A Rich FioriGrowing to 25 cm diameter it has thin grey black bark smooth or flaking in patches resembling the London plane the trunk is rarely straight with twisted branches 2 Usually 5m tall but occasionally up to 15m with abundant fragrant precocious pink or purplish flowers making the tree a spectacular sight The alternate leaves are imparipinnately compound and some 25 cm long leaflets are nearly opposite with one terminal leaflet and with short soft hairs oblong to oblong elliptic in shape green and hairless above yellowish green with prominent venation below apex somewhat attenuate and the base tapering The leaf margin may be entire or sometimes toothed in coppice shoots while petiolules are virtually absent Petioles may be up to 7 cm long and are caniculate Immature leaves are occasionally toothed and hairy The calyx is campanulate 5 6mm long and almost glabrous the corolla is some 5 cm long with the tube softly pubescent panicle large usually softly pubescent Fruits are slender flat paired pods up to 60 x 1 cm cylindrical pendulous spirally twisted smooth splitting in two and releasing many flat long narrow seeds winged at each end 2 5 3 cm long The remains of the pods persist on the tree for several months Preferring sandy and clay soils it is often found in association with termite mounds The timber is white with yellowish or pinkish stains and is used for making mortars The bark is used for treating bronchitis and other pulmonary complaints while roots and leaves are also used in traditional medicine 3 Phytochemicals EditAnalysis has shown the presence of sterols coumarins higher fatty acids and the absence of flavones aglycone and alkaloids In vitro extracts from the tree have proved effective against Pseudomonas aeruginosa Staphylococcus aureus Escherichia coli Salmonella spp Aeromonas hydrophila and Klebsiella spp 4 Decoctions and infusions of the fruits bark and roots are used in traditional medicine for pharyngeal affections leprosy subcutaneous parasitic infections and other skin afflictions venereal diseases diarrhoea dysentery and as antiemetics febrifuges analgesics vermifuges diuretics and laxatives 5 Gallery Edit Plate by Auguste Faguet 1841 1886 References Edit The Plant List Theplantlist org retrieved 16 November 2016 Stereospermum kunthianum PDF Worldagroforestry org Retrieved 28 March 2022 Speedy Andrew Stereospermum kunthianum Cham Fao org Retrieved 2017 08 16 Archived copy Archived from the original on 2014 10 17 Retrieved 2014 10 10 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Stereospermum kunthianum Cham family BIGNONIACEAE on JSTOR Plants jstor org Retrieved 2017 08 16 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Stereospermum kunthianum amp oldid 1117737869, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
