Saraca griffithiana
Saraca griffithiana is a tree native to Yunnan Province of China and also to Burma (Myanmar). 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.[1]
| Saraca griffithiana | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Detarioideae |
| Tribe: | Saraceae |
| Genus: | Saraca |
| Species: | S. griffithiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Saraca griffithiana Prain | |
Saraca griffithiana Prain, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 66: 491. 1897.[2]
References
- Flora of China vol 10 page 23.
- Prain, Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Part 2, Natural History 66: 491. 1897.
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