Stereospermum colais (PROSEA)

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Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Stereospermum colais (Buch.-Ham. ex Dillw.) Mabb.

Synonyms

• Stereospermum chelonoides auct. non (L. f.) DC.,
• Stereospermum personatum (Hassk.) Chatterjee,
• Stereospermum tetragonum A. DC.

Vernacular names

• Yellow snake tree (En).
• Burma (Myanmar): thande
• Laos: kh'ê: s'a:y
• Thailand: khae hin (central and northern), khae han hae (northern), khae khao (peninsular)
• Vietnam: dinh, móng bò, tàu mớt.

Distribution

From Sri Lanka and India to Burma (Myanmar), Indo-China, southern China, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia (rare) and Singapore; possibly also in Sumatra.