Porosh-pipul or Tulip tree, Thespesia populnea

-
Porosh-pipul or Tulip tree (Thespesia populnea, family: Malvaceae) is a medium-sized evergreen tree, attaining a height of 5-10 m with nice dense canopy. Bark is rough and grey in color. As an ornamental plant it can be planted beside roads. 


 In fact it is one of the most beautiful trees of the Indian subcontinent. It is found in the coastal areas in Bangladesh as well as in Africa, tropical Asia, throughout India and Pacific Islands.

Other names: Porosh, Pakor, Pipul, Bolu (Bangla), Portia tree, Umbrella tree.


Leaves are deep green, simple, cordate, 15-18 cm long and 10-15 cm wide, alternate, petiole 4-10 cm long, upside is smooth, grey and fibrous beneath. 


Flowers are beautiful, big-sized, bell-shaped, solitary or in pair, about 8 cm across, pale yellow. Sepals 5, petals 5. 





Flowering occurs mainly in the summer, though flowers can be seen throughout the year. The flower is short-lived, that remain fresh just for one day and turns pink while fading. 





Fruit is a capsule, 2.5-3 cm across, black in color, woody, 4 to 5-chambered, indehiscent. Each chamber of fruit containing a seed. Seeds are globose, hairy. 

Flower and raw fruit are edible. Timber is fibrous, strong, scented and valuable. It is used to make furniture, boat and musical instruments. Yellow dye is collected from its flower and fruit. 

Different parts of the plant (roots, bark, fruit, leaves) are used in dysentery, stomach disorder, rheumatism, heart disease, insect bite and in skin diseases like scabies and ring.    


The species name 'populnea' has been named due to the resemblance to Poplar leaf. The plant is propagated by seeds.

Comments

  1. ShebaJanuary 13, 2021 at 2:17 PM

    Thanks! Few sites where resemblance with Talipariti is mentioned - can you describe the differences between Talipaiti
    and Thespesia, please?

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Mohammad AliJanuary 17, 2021 at 12:07 AM

      In this site you will find the differnces between those two:

      http://www.floraofbangladesh.com/2019/04/shomudro-joba-or-sea-hibiscus.html?
      m=1

      http://www.floraofbangladesh.com/2018/10/porosh-pipul-or-tulip-tree-thespesia.html?m=1

      Delete
    2. Mohammad AliJanuary 17, 2021 at 12:09 AM

      differences

      Delete
  2. Kevin NelsonJanuary 16, 2021 at 12:20 AM

    Thanks for the article. If you're removing a very large tree or are uncomfortable using a chainsaw, you can hire someone to take down your tree. weed killers for flower beds

    ReplyDelete
  3. bestchainsawApril 22, 2022 at 2:17 AM

    Is there anyone who can recommend the best product among the ones listed here?
    HOW TO STRAIGHTEN CHAINSAW BAR

    ReplyDelete
  4. AnonymousMay 9, 2022 at 1:24 AM

    Can anyone recommend me the best product from the list mentioned in this site. Hover 1 Electric Scooter

    ReplyDelete
  5. AnonymousOctober 8, 2024 at 1:41 AM

    dfg

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Week Star

Parul or Fragrant padri tree, Stereospermum chelonoides

-
Image
Parul or Fragrant padri tree ( Stereospermum chelonoides , family: Bignoniaceae) is a medium or large-sized deciduous tree with branches, attaining a height of 25 m. Young shoots are pubescent. Bark is grey.  About this flower, a kind of literary madness has been found for a long period of time among the Bengalees. Although it is mentioned numerous times in Bangla literature, the tree is quite difficult to find in Bangladesh.  The great news is, 5 of its trees are found in the courtyard of Bangladesh Security Printing Press School in Gajipur. India is the original home of the plant. Leaves are compound, 60 cm long; leaflets are entire, 5-11, deep green, glabrous, petioled, elliptic-oblong, 10-15 cm long and 3-6 cm wide, apex acuminate. Flowers are sweet-scented, purplish, yellow at center, campunulate, 3-5 cm long, curved at the base and bronze in color, on terminal panicle; corolla tubular with short petals, petals 5. Flower buds are black a...
Read more

Makal or Mahakal, Trichosanthes tricuspidata

-
Image
Makal or Mahakal ( Trichosanthes tricuspidata , family: Cucurbitaceae) is a woody climber with tendril and branches, attaining a height of 10-12 m. The multiangular-branched plant climbs up very far by holding any tree in the forest. It is found in the hilly areas as well as plain forests and village thickets in Bangladesh. It is also found in Indian subcontinent, Australia and some countries of South and Southeast Asia.  According to ancient Sanskrit scriptures the other names of the plant are Bishala, Mohendro-baruni.  In the Himalayas it has been seen at an altitude of 5000 feet. There are many refferences to the fruit in Bangla and Sanskrit literature. Someone is very nice to look at but he/she is useless--writers usually jokingly give examples of this fruit. Its roots and attractive fruits are packed with medicinal properties.  The size and shape of leaves may vary. These are multilobed or trilobed, alternate, rough in both sides, 5-12 cm long,...
Read more

Kulekhara or Talmakhna, Hygrophila auriculata

-
Image
Kulekhara or Talmakhna ( Hygrophila auriculata , family: Acanthaceae) is a stout and erect herb with straight and undivided stem. The spiny plant is very popular as a medicinal plant in Bangladesh as well as the Indian subcontinent. Other names: Kulekkha, Kuiley-rekha,  Kanta kalika, Shoolmordon. Leaves are lanceolate, subsessile, acute at both ends with long whitish hairs, dense with straight and stout thorns that grow from each node. Outer leaves are longer than the inner ones. Both leaves and thorns remain in upward direction.   Flowers in axillary whorls. They are bright violet or bluish purple and red, sometimes whitish with soft and minor hair, corolla 2-lipped. Flower blooms in the winter. Fruit a capsule, 4-8-seeded. Seeds are ovoid (not in the pic). The body of the plant contains alkaloids, phytosterols, stigmasterol, lupeol and essential oils. Its seeds contain oil, enzymes and sterols. The plant is cooling and diuretic...
Read more