Brownea crawfordii ? – eFlora of India

March 10, 2014
Brownea

Brownea crawfordii W. Watson, Gard. Chron. ser. 3, 9:398. 1891 ?;

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ID Confirmation Request_Scarlet Flame Bean(Brownea coccinea) from Kolkata :: 13022014-DC-Feb-02 : 7 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (4).

This tree in bloom at AHSI Garden, Kolkata looks Scarlet Flame Bean (Brownea coccinea) to me.

Photographed on 09.02.2014.

ID confirmation is requested.

Brownea crawfordii Family: Caesalpinioideae / Caesalpiniaceae

Brownea– some species in India & eFI with some keys

Brownea coccinea from me.

Thank you Sir, for sharing, never seen any. And very interesting too, they all look so similar – http://toptropicals.com/cgi-bin/garden_catalog/cat.cgi?find=brownea!

Couldn’t find ID key. However, B. coccinea Jacq often has cordate (also oblique or acute) leaf base :-

ref (herbarium)

Herbarium of Brownea crawfordii Linden –

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References:

GRIN The Plant List Ver.1.1 Tropicos JSTOR | Global Plants: Holotype of Brownea crawfordii … TopTropicals

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