PELTOPHORUM PTEROCARPUM 
PekophoTum — shield-bearing (from shape of stigma) ; 
pterocarpum — winged fruit 
English name : * 
Malay names : 
Country oj origin : 
Yellow Flame 
Batai, Batai Laut 
Leguminosae 
Sea-coasts from Indo- China to 
Australia 
Colour : 
Flower yellow, with brown 
hairs at base. 
Garden use : A medium-sized bushy tree, 
fairly rapid in growth, useful 
for shade and screening; deci- 
duous, but only bare for a few 
days ; flowers freely (starting 
about 4 years old) at the ends 
of new leafy branches, twice 
a year in Singapore. 
Propagation : from seeds. 
A, fruit (a flat pod). 
B, section of flower showing ovary in bottom of 
calyx-cup, with petals and stamens on edge 
of cup. 
C, shield-shaped stigma (green). 
D, a single flower. 
E, leaflets (base unequal, apex blunt). 
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