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

  1. Flora of China vol 10 page 23.
  2. Prain, Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Part 2, Natural History 66: 491. 1897.


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