Tree Details

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Botanical Name	Ailanthus excelsa Roxb
Family Name	Simaroubaceae
Common Name	Tree of heaven
Tamil Name	பெருமரம்
Life Form	Tree
Distribution	Andra Pradesh
Botanical Distribution	Habit: A lofty deciduous tree Leaves: odd pinnate 30 x 15 cm; leaflets 8-14 pairs, oblong lanceolate, unequal at base, margin irregularly toothed. Flower: panicles axillary or terminal. Flower clusters droop at leaf bases, shorter than leaves, much branched; flowers many, mostly male and female on different trees, short stalked, greenish-yellow. Calyx : Sepal composed of five ovate-lanceolate, finely pubescent, concave sepals Corolla: Petal five elliptic-lanceolate to obovate-lanceolate Fruit: samara, linear, oblong to lanceolate. Seeds: : Glabrous, oblong
Flowering and Fruiting	January-March
Key Compounds	AH- Aliphatic hydrocarbons; OH- Oxygenated hydrocarbons; MH- Monoterpene hydrocarbons; OM- Oxygenated monoterpenes.
Medicinal Use	The bark used against rheumatism and diphtheria. The resinous gum from the trunk was applied to cracks in the skin of the feet and on scabies.
At the Campus	Back side of Main Administrative Block