- Duabanga grandiflora
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Duabanga grandiflora 
Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Myrtales Family: Lythraceae Genus: Duabanga Species: D. grandiflora Binomial name Duabanga grandiflora
(Roxb. ex DC.) Walpers
From its peculiar habit, Duabanga grandiflora (syn. D. sonneratioides) is a singular feature in its native forests. The trunk is erect, 40–80 feet high, undivided but sometimes forking from the base. The lower limbs spread drooping from the trunk; these are long, slender, sparingly branched, and the branches are four-angled, loosely covered with large spreading leaves. Since the leaves are arranged in two ranks, the slender branches resemble petioles, bearing pinnae of a compound leaf; the leaves are further often recurved, and are deep green above, and almost white beneath. The large blossoms expand in April, exhaling a rank odour reportedly resembling asafoetida when they first burst, but they become inodorous before the petals drop. The stamens are all bent inwards in bud. The fruit is a large as a small apple. The wood is white and soft.[1]
References
- ^ Hooker p.56
- Hooker, Joseph Dalton; J. F. Cathcart and W. H. Fitch (1855). Illustrations of Himalayan plants. London: L. Reeve. pp. 55–56. LCC QK349.33 .H66 1855. http://www.illustratedgarden.org/mobot/rarebooks/page.asp?relation=QK34933H661855&identifier=0056.
Gallery
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trunk at Jayanti in Buxa Tiger Reserve in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal, India.
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middle story at Jayanti in Buxa Tiger Reserve in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal, India.
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at Jayanti in Buxa Tiger Reserve in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal, India.
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leaves at Jayanti in Buxa Tiger Reserve in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal, India.
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