Tree Details

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Botanical Name	Gmelina arborea Roxb.
Family Name	Lamiaceae
Common Name	Gamhar, Beechwood, Kashmir Tree, White Teak, Vemane
Tamil Name	கூமர் தேக்கு, காஷ்மீர் மரம், மலாய் பீச்வுட், வெள்ளை தேக்கு
Life Form	Deciduous tree
Distribution	Plant is found wild throughout India from the foot of Himalayas to Kerala and Andaman, in moist, semi-deciduous and open forests
Botanical Distribution	Habit: moderate sized, deciduous, unarmed tree. Leaves: Green broadly ovate leaves, oppositedecussate arrangement, measuring about 10 - 25 cm long and 7 - 20 cm wide Flower: large, brownish-yellow, bisexual and zygomorphic nectariferous flowers Calyx: campanulate, pubescent outside and with 5 lobes Corolla: 3 cm across, bilabiate, tube ventricose, lobes 5, subequal, obovate, obtuse Fruit: yellow drupe about 10 - 25 mm wide, Seeds: contains 1 - 3 seeds.
Flowering and Fruiting	February to April
Key Compounds	phenylpropanoid glycoside, premnazole, martynoside, iridoid glycosides, balanophonin, gmelinol, isoarboreol apigenin, umbelliferone
Medicinal Use	dyspepsia, haemorrhoids, stomachalgia, heart diseases, nervous disorders, piles and burning sensati
At the Campus	Front of Commerce department