Tree Details

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Botanical Name	Polyalthia longifolia, Sonn
Family Name	Annonaceae
Common Name	false ashoka, the Buddha tree, Indian mast tree, and Indian fir tree
Tamil Name	நெட்டிலிங்கம்
Life Form	grows naturally in subhumid to humid subtropical and tropical climates, typically free of frost
Distribution	Found natively in India and Sri Lanka
Botanical Distribution	Habit: tall, handsome tree with pendent linear leaves Leaves: The leaves are lanceolate and have wavy edges. Flower: Pedicellate, bracteates, pedicels slender with a small deciduous bract about the middle. Calyx: Sepals 3, triangular, pubescent, tips reflexed. Corolla: Petals 6, valvate, subequal, linear, tapering to a point.Ovaries many, style oblong, Fruit: An etaerio of berries. Berries stalked ovoid. Seeds: Seeds large.Endosperm ruminate.
Flowering and Fruiting	April – June.
Key Compounds	steroids,flavonoids, clerodane diterpenes, cleroda-oic acids and alkaloids
Medicinal Use	septic infections, coughing, hepatomegaly, diarrhea, and cancers.
At the Campus	Throughout the campus