Yellow Snake tree

Stereospermum tetragonum DC.

 

Bignoniaceae (bignonia, jacaranda family) » Stereospermum colais

 

ster-ee-oh-SPER-mum -- from the Greek stere (solid, firm) and spermos (seed)

colais -- pronunciation / meaning not clear

 

commonly known as: yellow snake tree • Bengali: পারুল parul • Gujarati: પાડેલી padeli • Hindi: पारल paral, पारोली paroli • Kannada: ಕಲಾದ್ರಿ kalaadri, ಪಾದರಿ paadari • Konkani: पाडल paadal • Malayalam: കരിങ്ങഴ karingazha, പാതിരി paathiri, പൂപ്പാതിരി puuppaathiri • Marathi: पाडळ padal, पाडळी padali • Mizoram: zinghal • Oriya: pamphunia • Sanskrit: पाटला patala, पाटलि patali • Tamil: அம்பு ampu, அம்புவாகினி ampuvakini, பாடலம் patalam, பாதிரி patiri, புன்காலி punkali • Telugu: అంబువాసిని ambuvasini, కలిగొట్టు kaligottu, పాదిరి padiri, పాటల patala • Urdu: پارل paral

 

Native to: China, Indian Subcontinent, Indo-China, Malesia

 

 

References: Wikipedia • eFlora • Sahyadri Database

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