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Radermachera xylocarpa (Roxb.) Roxb. ex K.Schum.

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Radermachera xylocarpa (Roxb.) Roxb. ex K.Schum.
Radermachera xylocarpa (Roxb.) Roxb. ex K.Schum.
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymBignonia xylocarpa Roxb.
synonymSpathodea xylocarpa (Roxb.) T.Anderson ex Brand.
synonymStereospermum xylocarpum (Roxb.) Benth. & Hook. fil.
synonymTecoma xylocarpa (Roxb.) G.Don
🗒 Common Names
Hindi
  • Jaimangal
  • Paral
Kannada
  • Ambalahude
  • Udi
Malayalam
  • Edankorna
  • Kattumuringa
  • Pambukaimaram
  • Pannimuringa
  • Vedangkonnai
  • Vedangkonnri
  • Vedinkorana
  • Vedivembu
Marathi
  • Bairsing
  • Khansing
  • खडशिंगी Kadashing
Oriya
  • Khonda-partolli
Other
  • Goddha
  • Kaddalathi
  • Maan kombu
  • Padri Tree
  • Pannimuringa
  • Pathiri
  • Vedangkonnai
  • Vedenkanni
Tamil
  • Maankombu
  • Pathri
  • Vadencharni
  • Vedanguruni
  • Vedankuruani
Telugu
  • Naga-dundilam
  • Naguru
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Brief
Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Tree
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Contributors 
D. Narasimhan
Status UNDER_CREATION
Licenses CC_BY
References 
    Diagnostic Keys
    Description
    Habit: Tree
    G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
    Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY
    References 
      Deciduous trees; to 20 m high; bark 2.5 cm, light greyish-brown, rough, corky, flaking off in thin irregular scales; blaze brown and cream. Leaves compound, bipinnate or tripinnate, opposite, estipulate; rachis 24-50 cm long, stout, swollen at base and each nodes; pinnae 7-9, leaflets 3-9 in each pinnae, opposite; petiolule 1.5-5 mm; lamina 3.5-15 x 2-7 cm, elliptic-lanceolate, ovate-lanceolate or ovate; base oblique or acute; apex acute or acuminate; margin entire, membranous, glabrous; lateral nerves 4-7 pairs, glabrous, raised beneath, prominent, slender; intercostae reticulate. Flowers bisexual, white, tinged with yellow, fragrant, in terminal panicled cymes, calyx 1 cm long, campanulate, irregularly 5 lobed; corolla 4.5 cm long, 4 cm across, campanulate, bilabiate, lobes subequal, obtuse, crisped, glabrous; stamens 4, didynamous, included, anthers divaricate, 4 mm; staminodes filiform; ovary oblong, glabrous, superior; ovules many, multiseriate; style slender; stigma spoon shaped. Fruit a capsule, elongate, 30-75 x 1.5-3.7 cm, warty tubercled, woody, bivalved, dissepiments spongy, slightly curved; seeds winged, 1.5 cm long, with membranous wings at both ends.
      Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
      Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
      Contributors 
      Status UNDER_CREATION
      Licenses CC_BY
      References 
        No Data
        📚 Natural History
        Cyclicity
        Flowering and fruiting: March-April
        Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
        Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
        Contributors 
        Status UNDER_CREATION
        Licenses CC_BY
        References 
          Morphology

          Growth Form

          Tree
          Tree
          Field Tips

          Leaf fall February. New foliage March-April.

          Flower

          In axillary corymbose panicles,  white. Flowering from March-April.

          Fruit

          A capsule, elongate, terete, pustulate. Seeds many, winged on their either side, compressed. Fruiting from April onwards.

          Leaf Apices

          Shortly acuminate

          Leaf arrangement

          Alternate distichous

          Leaf Bases

          Rounded

          Leaf Margins

          Entire

          Leaf Shapes

          Elliptic

          Leaf Types

          Bipinnate

          Habit

          A large deciduous tree.

          Keystone Foundation
          Attributions Keystone Foundation
          Contributors 
          Status UNDER_CREATION
          Licenses CC_BY
          References 
            Miscellaneous Details
            Notes: Western Ghats & Eastern Ghats, Dry and Moist Deciduous Forests, Endemic to Peninsular India
            G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
            Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
            Contributors 
            Status UNDER_CREATION
            Licenses CC_BY
            References 
              No Data
              📚 Habitat and Distribution
              General Habitat
              Dry and moist deciduous forests
              Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
              Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
              Contributors 
              Status UNDER_CREATION
              Licenses CC_BY
              References 
                Common on deciduous hill slopes above 750 m. Peninsular India.
                Keystone Foundation
                Attributions Keystone Foundation
                Contributors 
                Status UNDER_CREATION
                Licenses CC_BY
                References 
                  Description
                  Global Distribution

                  Peninsular India

                  Indian distribution

                  State - Kerala, District/s: Palakkad, Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wayanad, Kozhikkode

                  Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                  Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                  Contributors 
                  Status UNDER_CREATION
                  Licenses CC_BY
                  References 
                    Maharashtra: Ahmednagar, Pune, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Satara, Sindhudurg, Thane Karnataka: Belgaum, Chikmagalur, Dharwar, Hassan, Mysore Kerala: Idukki, Kollam, Malapuram, Palakkad, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore, Dindigul, Nilgiri, Kanniyakumari, Salem, Theni, Tirunelveli, Tiruvannamalai, Virudhunagar
                    G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
                    Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
                    Contributors 
                    Status UNDER_CREATION
                    Licenses CC_BY
                    References 
                      Endemic Distribution
                      Peninsular India
                      Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                      Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                      Contributors 
                      Status UNDER_CREATION
                      Licenses CC_BY
                      References 
                        No Data
                        📚 Occurrence
                        No Data
                        📚 Uses and Management
                        Uses

                        System of Medicines Used In

                        Ayurveda
                        Ayurveda
                        Folk medicine
                        Folk medicine
                        System Of Medicines Used In

                        Ayurveda, Folk medicine

                        FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1780
                        Attributions FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1780
                        Contributors 
                        Status UNDER_CREATION
                        Licenses CC_BY
                        References 
                          The wood is strong and light and used to make agricultural implements..
                          Keystone Foundation
                          Attributions Keystone Foundation
                          Contributors 
                          Status UNDER_CREATION
                          Licenses CC_BY
                          References 
                            No Data
                            📚 Information Listing
                            References
                            1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1780
                            1. Stereospermum xylocarpum (Roxb.) Benth. in Benth. & Hook.f., Gen. Pl. 2: 1047. 1876; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 383. 1884.
                            2. Bignonia xylocarpa Roxb., Fl. Ind. 3: 108. 1832.
                            3. Radermachera xylocarpa (Roxb.) K. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, Naturl. Pflanzenfam. 4(3b): 243. 1895; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 999(701). 1924; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 295. 1984; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 335. 1990; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 259. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 9. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 332. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 229. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 485. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 289. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 228. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 223. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 499. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 371. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 601. 2009.
                            1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
                            Information Listing > References
                            1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1780
                            2. Stereospermum xylocarpum (Roxb.) Benth. in Benth. & Hook.f., Gen. Pl. 2: 1047. 1876; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 383. 1884.
                            3. Bignonia xylocarpa Roxb., Fl. Ind. 3: 108. 1832.
                            4. Radermachera xylocarpa (Roxb.) K. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, Naturl. Pflanzenfam. 4(3b): 243. 1895; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 999(701). 1924; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 295. 1984; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 335. 1990; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 259. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 9. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 332. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 229. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 485. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 289. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 228. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 223. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 499. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 371. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 601. 2009.
                            5. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987

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                            📚 Meta data
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                            🐾 Taxonomy
                            RootRoot
                            KingdomPlantae
                            PhylumTracheophyta
                            ClassMagnoliopsida
                            OrderLamiales
                            FamilyBignoniaceae
                            GenusRadermachera
                            SpeciesRadermachera xylocarpa (Roxb.) Roxb. ex K.Schum.
                            📊 Temporal Distribution
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