Copperpod

Copperpod

Family : Fabaceae

Characteristic features :

Habit : An ornamental tree , young  branches covered with reddish - brown  tomentum.

Leaves: are  bipinnate, alternate, stipules small, lateral ; rachis , opposite, slender,  brown pubescent; leaflets , opposite, margin entire, glabrous above,

Flowers : bisexual, golden yellow,  Inflorescence paniculate, terminal and  lateral racemose panicles; pedicels , calyx lobes 5, ovate,  petals 5, subequal, crinkled; stamens 10, filaments free, pilose at base; anthers uniform; ovary half inferior; 

Fruit : a pod, , oblong-elliptic, minutely .

seeds : 1-4, lenticular, light brown, compressed.  Planted as an ornamental tree.

Flowering: January - May