Filicium decipiens (Wight & Arn.) Thwaites
Campus Location
Rajagiri Business School, Valley Campus, Kakkanad
Systematic position
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Streptophyta
Class: Equisetopsida
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Fern tree is an evergreen tree, native to Africa (Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe) and Asia (India and Sri Lanka). It has thick and roundish crown, usually grows to a height of 5-10 m. Leaves 3-10 cm long, alternate, imparipinnate, winged petioles and rachis, leaflets sessile, oblong to lanceolate with slightly wavy margin, coriaceous, green coloured and glossy above. Flowers panicles on long peduncles carrying many small flowers, petals white greenish with pink shades. Fruit is fleshy ovoid drupe containing seeds.
- Ornamental and shade tree utilizable in parks and gardens.
Filicium decipiens (Wight & Arn.) Thwaites
Campus Location
Rajagiri Business School, Valley Campus, Kakkanad
Systematic position
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Streptophyta
Class: Equisetopsida
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Fern tree is an evergreen tree, native to Africa (Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe) and Asia (India and Sri Lanka). It has thick and roundish crown, usually grows to a height of 5-10 m. Leaves 3-10 cm long, alternate, imparipinnate, winged petioles and rachis, leaflets sessile, oblong to lanceolate with slightly wavy margin, coriaceous, green coloured and glossy above. Flowers panicles on long peduncles carrying many small flowers, petals white greenish with pink shades. Fruit is fleshy ovoid drupe containing seeds.
- Ornamental and shade tree utilizable in parks and gardens.