Cultivated in homesteads and as an avenue plant An ornamental plant. Leaf infusion is taken orally for diabetes and stomach pains. A decoction of leaf and root acts as a diuretic.
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uses
An ornamental plant. Leaf infusion is taken orally for diabetes and stomach pains. A decoction of leaf and root acts as a diuretic.
family
Bignoniaceae
synonym
Stenolobium stans (L.) Seem., Bignonia stans L.
description
Large shrubs to small trees. Leaves opposite, pinnate, with 3-7 leaflets; leaflets elliptic to elliptic-ovate. Flowers in short terminal panicles, bright yellow, fragrant. Calyx tubular-campanulate, ca. 4.5 mm long; lobes triangular, acuminate, ciliolate. Corolla tube 32-33 mm long, abruptly contracted at the base, sparse pubescent within and glandulose towards is the base; lobes subequal. Stamens included; filaments of longer stamens ca. 20 mm long; a Kunth staminodes filiform, 5-6 mm long. Disc shallow cupular, 5-lobed, fleshy. Ovary ca. 3.5 mm long; style 18-20 mm long; stigma 2-lobed, lobes oval to ovoid, ca. 1.5 mm × long. Capsule 12-16 0.7-0.8 cm; seeds × orbicular-compressed, 5 6-6.5 mm, wing 12-18 mm broad.