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 Pajanelia longifolia (Willd.) K.Schum

Synonym	:	Bignonia longifolia Willd
Family	:	Bignoniaceae
Local name	:	Malayalam – Payyazhantha
Flowering and fruiting period	:	January-June
Distribution	:	India and Myanmar
Distribution in kerala	:	All Districts
Habitat	:	Moist deciduous and semi-evergreen forests, also in the plains
Uses	:	The timber is suitable for woodworking purposes, such as building doors, wall panelling, domestic flooring, veneer and plywood, due to it being very hard and close grained.
Key Botanical Characters           : Deciduous trees, to 20 m high, bole unbranched to a considerable height; bark pale grey, shining, pustular lenticels in vertical rows. Leaves compound, imparipinnate, leaflets 7-17, opposite, ovate, apex acuminate, base oblique, margin entire, glabrous, chartaceous;  glabrous, stout; petiolule  channelled above, glabrous; lateral nerves 6-10 pairs, pinnate, prominent; intercostae reticulate. Flowers bisexual, crimson-purple, white within, in large terminal recemose panicles. Calyx  campanulate, lobes 5, rusty tomentose. Corolla base narrow, broadly ventricose, lobes 5, subequal, crisped. Stamens 4, free, didydynamous with a rudimentary fifth, filaments arching, slender; anthers equal, oblong. Ovary oblong; ovules many; placenta thin at centre; style 6 cm long; stigma 2 lobed. Fruit a capsule, brown, winged on both margins, compressed, smooth; seeds flat, papery, winged on both sides. .