Tree Tale | Copper Pod | English
Channel: Arvind Gupta
Date: 2015-05-22

Well this is the Copper Pod Tree. The botanical name is Peltophorum pterocarpum. The Copper Pod is native to South-East Asia and as a very popular ornamental tree it is grown all over the world. The Copper Pod grows to a height of 15-25 metres. The leaves are bipinnate and each pinnate has 30-40 oval leaves. The flowers are a deep yellow and are produced in large racemes. Here you can see a whole avenue of Copper Pod Trees in the IUCAA Campus located in Pune. This is a close up of the flowers which appear in great profusion. The wood of the Copper Pod Tree has a variety of uses which includes cabinet making. The leaves are used as fodder for cattle. Here are the brown pods of the Copper Pod. The common name Copper Pod actually comes from these brown flat pods. It is also called as the Rusty Shield Bearer. Each pod usually has four seeds. The Copper Pod is usually grown along Indian roads along with the Gulmohar and the yellow and red contrasting colours look very beautiful. This work was supported by IUCAA and Tata Trust. This film was made by Ashok Rupner TATA Trust: Education is one of the key focus areas for Tata Trusts, aiming towards enabling access of quality education to the underprivileged population in India. To facilitate quality in teaching and learning of Science education through workshops, capacity building and resource creation, Tata Trusts have been supporting Muktangan Vigyan Shodhika (MVS), IUCAA's Children’s Science Centre, since inception. To know more about other initiatives of Tata Trusts, please visit www.tatatrusts.org