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Millingtonia hortensis L.f.

Synonym
:
Bignonia azedarachta König & Sims  
Family
:
Bignoniaceae
Local name
:
English - Tree Jasmine
Malayalam - Akasaveppu, Maramalli, Kadesam 
Flowering and fruiting period
:
March-August
Distribution
:
South East Asia and Malesia
Distribution in Kerala
:
All Districts
Habitat
:
Grown as ornamental tree
Endemic/Exotic
:
Exotic
Uses
:
Tannin from the bark is antipyretic. 
Key Botanical Characters: 
Trees, to 15 m high; bark pale brown, corky. Leaves 2-3 pinnate, opposite, estipulate; rachis 45-70 cm long, pinnae 11-17 pairs, leaflets 3-5, opposite; lamina ovate or elliptic-ovate. Flowers bisexual, white, in terminal corymbose panicles; calyx 4 mm, cupular, puberulous; lobes 5, 1 mm, obtuse; corolla 2.5 cm across; tube narrow, cylindric, 7 cm, throat wide; lobes 5, subequal; stamens 4, didynamous, filaments 1 and 1.5 cm long; anthers oblong, 1-cell fertile, other reduced to an appendage; disc annular; ovary superior, subsessile, conical, ovules many; style slender; stigma 2-lobed. Fruit an elongated capsule, 2-valved; seeds many, winged.




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