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Oroxylum indicum (L.) Kurz
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Scientific Synonyms:
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| Previous name used in the website: |
Oroxylum indicum |
| Family name: |
BIGNONIACEAE
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| English name: |
Broken Bones Tree
Midnight Horror
Tree of Damocles
Indian Trumpet Flower
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| Sinhala name: |
Thotila (තොටිල)
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| Tamil name: |
Cori Konnai
Palaiyutaicci
Puta-Puspam
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| Sanskrit name: |
Aralu
Shyonaka
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| Conservation status: |
LC - Least Concerned - NRL - 2020
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| Description: |
Small tree, 5 - 8 m high, sometimes up to 13 m; bark thick, yellowish grey with numerous large corky lenticels. Often irregularly branched near top. Leaves deltoid-ovate in outline, base obtuse to cordate or oblique. Margin entire, apex caudate-acuminate, minutely lepidote. Inflorescence on very stout, branch-like peduncle, persistant. Calyx blackish-purple, glabrous; corolla oening in evening, deep maroon to reddish-purple without, creamy-yellow with a diffuse dull pink within.
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| Native Distribution Status: |
Native
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| Edible parts: |
Available soon
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| Treatment for: |
Diarrhoea
Dysentery
Rheumatism
Otorrhoea
Piles
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| Parts used in Treatment: |
Stem bark
Root
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| Related Medical Properties: |
Astringent
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