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Stereospermum colais (Buch. Ham. ex Dillon) Mabberley 
 
 
 
Bignonia colais  Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.Bignonia suaveolens  Roxb.Heteropharagma suaveolens  Dalz & Gibs.Stereospermum suaveolens  DC. 
Trees up to 15 m tall. Young shoots pubescent. Leaves imparipinnate, rachis up to 30 cm long, leaflets opposite, 7-9, lamina elliptic-ovate, 12-18 x 6-8.5 cm, acute or acuminate, oblique or cuneate, veins and undersurface lighter coloured, pubescent, densely so in young leaves, subsessile. Flowers dull purple to lilac. Capsule 20-25 x 6-12 mm, broad (immature). 
 
Fl.Per.: May-June. 
Type: Wallich Cat. No. 6501.  
Distribution: Reported by Parker, l.c. from the sub-himalayan tract from Rawalpindi district eastward. Not yet collected from our area but to be expected in the Punjar-Karot region of Rawalpindi.  
 
 
 
 
 
                         
                             
	 
                      
                         
		
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