Cercis siliquastrum
Cercis siliquastrum
Erguvan
Shrub or tree, 2-10 m. Leaf lamina 7-12 cm diam.; petioles 2-4 cm. Flowers c.10 to a fascicle. Pedicels 1-2 cm. Calyx c. 5 mm, pinkish, the teeth c. 1 mm. Corolla 15-20 mm, bright pinkish-purple. Legume 6-10 x 1.5-2 em, narrowly winged on the ventral suture, brown, 6-15-seeded. Fl. 4-5. Macchie and deciduous forest, s.1.-1370 m.
1. Calyx, pedicels and legumes glabrous .........................................................subsp. siliquastrum
1. Calyx and pedicels with short stiff, spreading hairs; legumes velutinous ...........subsp. hebecarpa
Lebanon, Palestine, W. Iran.
