Peltophorum dubium

Peltophorum dubium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Caesalpinioideae
Tribe:	Caesalpinieae
Genus:	Peltophorum
Species:	P. dubium
Binomial name
Peltophorum dubium (Spreng.) Taub.

Peltophorum dubium is a tree in the family Fabaceae and subfamily Caesalpinioideae. This species is known as the Ibirá-pitá in Argentina and Paraguay, árbol de Artigas in Uruguay, and Cambuí ^[1] in Brazil. It is a large tree, growing around 20–25 meters, with a more or less straight trunk.

• Foliage: bright green, and deciduous
• Leaves: compound, bipinnate, large. Numerous leaves with a central nervous system.
• Flowers: from 2 cm in diameter, arranged in bundles that end in spikes. The bright visible flowers are in corollas. They flower in the summer and at the beginning of autumn.
• Fruits: indehiscent legume, flat, leathery, and brown.
• Seeds: cylindrical with hard nuts.

Flowers of Peltophorum dubium.

Close-up of flowers

Habitat[]

They grow on the riverbanks in the south of Brazil, the northeast of Argentina and Paraguay and in the north of Uruguay. They have also been planted along the avenues of Buenos Aires and Montevideo. They are tropical trees, but can grow to quite large specimens in temperate climates.

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Media related to Peltophorum dubium at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Peltophorum dubium at Wikispecies

• "Peltophorum dubium". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

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