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Millingtonia
hortensis L.f.
Synonym : Bignonia suberosa Roxb.
Family
: Bignoniaceae
Local Names
: Akasaveppu, Maramalli, Tree
Jasmine
Flowering
and fruiting period:
March – August
Distribution: South East Asia and Malaysia
Habitat: Grown as ornamental tree
IUCN
status:
Data Deficient
Endemic: No
Uses: Ornamental tree. Flower buds are used in the treatment of
asthma, sinusitis, cholagogue and tonic. The flowers are used in rituals. The
flowers are added to tobacco for smoking as treatment for throat ailments. Stem
also having great medicinal value using as lung tonic and cough diseases. Bark
is used as a yellow dye. Leaves and roots of cork tree used as anti-asthmatic
and antimicrobial activity. Whole plant show antipyretic,
antitubercular, antimicrobial, larvicidal, antimutagenic, anticancer,
antifungal properties.
Key
Characters:
Trees, to 15 m high; bark pale brown,
corky. Leaves 2-3 pinnate, opposite; pinnae 11-17 pairs, opposite,
imparipinnate; leaflets 3-5,
