Oroxylum indicum L.

 
  • Family : BIGNONIACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Bignoniaceae
  • Species : Oroxylum indicum
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Oroxylum indicum (L.) Kurz
  • Common name : Broken bones Tree, Indian Calosanthes
  • Vernacular name : Syonaka (San.); Sonapatha (Hin.); Thigade mara (Kan.)
  • Collection Nos : KFP 2631, KFP 5440
  • Key identification features : A small deciduous tree. Leaves long, 2-3-pinnate, ovate-elliptic, glabrous, acuminate, entire, rounded at base. Flowers pinkish-purple to maroon in colour, opening in evening. Fruits flat. seeds winged all round except at the base.
  • Habit : Tree
  • Native : India, South-east Asia
  • Comments : Frequent in disturbed forests. Flowers opening evening
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Chikamagalur, Davanagere, Kodagu, Udupi, Uttara Kannada, Dakshina Kannada, Udupi
  • Floras referred : Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara

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