Beautiful Barna Tree - Crataeva religiosa Nurvala

This beautiful tree in full glorious bloom, seen yesterday in the compound of Jawahar Bal Bhavan on Marine Drive.

From Tropical Garden Plants in Colour by Bose, Chowdhury and Sharma:
Crataeva religiosa "Nurvala": A dwarf tree leafless in winter and spring. Leaflets ovate lanceolate, taper pointed. Flowers large, creamy white to yellow and pale rose, long stamens purple. Much more showy in flower than the species. Leaves arise after flowering.

forest.ap.nic.in/Forest Flora of Andhra Pradesh/Flora by M Sharfuddin Khan/Botanical Names/Crataeva religiosa.htm

C .religiosa, Fost. ; F.B.I. I-172. Brandi's Ind. Trees, 32. Gamble's Ind. Timbers, 32. Vern. Uskiaman, Urimidi, Tel.

----- A moderate sized deciduous tree. Bark grey, fairly smooth with horizontal wrinkles. Leaves 3 foliolate, leaflets 3-6 by 1 1/4 to 3 inches, long petioled, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, entire, glabrous, sub-coriaceous, pale beneath. Flowers 2-3 inches diam., pale yellow or light rose colour, in many flowered lax terminal corymbs ; Sepals 4, deciduous ; Petals 4, long-clawed, often in bud, both inserted on a fleshy, lobed disk ; Stamens numerous, adnate to the base of the gynophore. Ovary on a long stipe or stalk, 1 celled ; stigma sessile ; ovules many. Fruit a many seeded ovoid berry, 1-2 inches diam., bright scarlet when ripe, rough with white specks ; seeds 1/4 inch long, numerous, reniform, imbedded in a yellow pulp.

----- Wood yellowish-white, when old turning light brown moderately hard, even-grained, but not very durable. It is said to be used for drums, models, combs, and in turning, but is very liable to the attacks of boring beetles. The leaves are lopped for fodder for cattle. Found in Mahadeopur on the edges of the forests, near villages, and on tank bunds, but not generally as a forest-free. Elsewhere cultivated, doubtful if wild. Fairly common in Nizamabad, planted on road-sides and in compounds. Flowers April and May. Fruit June to July.

Taken on: April 4, 2010

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