Tree Details

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Botanical Name	Millingtonia hortensis
Family Name	Bignoniaceae
Common Name	tree jasmine or Indian cork tree
Tamil Name	மர மல்லிகை
Life Form	Tree
Distribution	India
Botanical Distribution	Habit: Trees, to 15 m high; bark pale brown, corky Leaves: Leaves 2-3 pinnate, opposite; pinnae 11-17 pairs, opposite, imparipinnate; leaflets 3-5, opposite; lamina ovate or elliptic-ovate, margin entire or coarsely dentate-crenate. Flower: Flowers bisexual, white, in terminal corymbose panicles; Calyx:calyx cupular, puberulous; lobes 5 Corolla:corolla tube narrow, cylindric, throat wide; lobes 5, stamens 4, didynamous;anthers oblong Gynoecium:ovary superior, ovules many; style slender; stigma 2-lobed. Fruit an elongated capsule; seeds many, winged. Fruit: The fruit is a smooth flat capsule and is partitioned into two. Seeds: Propagation by Seeds, suckers
Flowering and Fruiting	Comes to flowering in 4-5 years
Key Compounds	flavonoids, tannin and alkaloids
Medicinal Use	treatment of asthma, sinusitis, cholagogue and tonic. throat ailments, lung tonic and cough diseases.
At the Campus	Botanical garden