• Family : BIGNONIACEAE
  (Bignonia Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : NEELI GULMOHUR FAMILY (नीली गुलमोहर फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : BIGNONIACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Millingtonia hortensis L.f.
• Common name : Indian Cork Tree, Tree Jasmine, Akash neem
• Vernacular name : Neem chameli, Akas-nim (Hindi); Akasha mallige (Kannada); Maramallingai, Panner maram (Tamil); Kavuki, Manumalli, Katumalli, Akasa malli, Punaga, Manu sampangi, Karaku, Toka malli (Telugu); Akasaveppu, Maramalli, Kadesam (Malayalam); Sithahara, Bakini, Reali (Oria)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Planted
• Comments / notes : Commonly planted in gardens and avenues. Flowers are fragrant.
• Flower, Fruit : May-February
• Distribution :
  • Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Davanagare district, Dharwad district, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) district, Mysuru district, Udupi district, Dakshina Kannada district
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
• Native : South & Southeast Asia
• World Distribution : South & Southeast Asia, Malesia
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Flora of Bangalore district, Karnataka state; Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Millingtonia hortensis. Downloaded on 8 October 2025.

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