Brownea coccinea Jacq.
Campus Location
Rajagiri Business School, Valley Campus, Kakkanad
Systematic position
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Streptophyta
Class: Equisetopsida
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Brownea coccinea is a small evergreen tree native to Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela. The plant with slender branches, rounded crown grows to 12 ft. tall. Compound leaves with oblong or elliptic pointed apex; flowers orange-scarlet coloured, in clusters of 2-3 on branches are trunks; fruits are pods contain flat seeds.
- Ornamental tree, used in traditional medicine.
Brownea coccinea Jacq.
Campus Location
Rajagiri Business School, Valley Campus, Kakkanad
Systematic position
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Streptophyta
Class: Equisetopsida
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Brownea coccinea is a small evergreen tree native to Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela. The plant with slender branches, rounded crown grows to 12 ft. tall. Compound leaves with oblong or elliptic pointed apex; flowers orange-scarlet coloured, in clusters of 2-3 on branches are trunks; fruits are pods contain flat seeds.
- Ornamental tree, used in traditional medicine.