Millingtonia hortensis L. f. | |
Bignoniaceae | |
Panneerpoo/Maramalli | |
| Botanical Name | Millingtonia hortensis L. f. |
| Synonyms | Bignonia azedarachta .Kon. & Sims; Nevrilis suberosa Raf. |
| Family | Bignoniaceae |
| Common Name | English : Indian Cork Tree / Tamil : Panneerpoo, Maramalli |
| Distribution | Global : Tropical South east Asia and China Indian: Throughout India. |
| Description | Tall evergreen tree up to 25m height, bark bright yellow brown colour, corky and rough. Leaves compound, petiolate, imparipinnate resembles like neem leaf, dark green, ovate to lanceolate, serrate, apex acute. Inflorescence panicle raceme. Flowers white, tubular, pentamerous, complete, zygomorphic, bisexual, sweet scented. Calyx small, green, 5 lobed, Corolla 5 petal, tubular, slightly zygomorphic, white coloured. Stamens 5 rarely 4, epipetalous, didynamous, exserted. Ovary monocarpellary, superior, ovules many, style long, stigma bifid. Fruit flat capsule with many seeds. seeds small and winged |
| Flowering Fruiting period | September - November / December - January |
| Uses | Planted as avenue tree in garden, road side for the fragrant flowers,Wood used as timber. |
| Medicinal Uses | Flower buds used for treatment of asthma, Sinusitis. Entire plant used for treatment of lungs and for cough diseases. |
| Tamil Name | Panneerpoo/Maramalli |