| Type | Exotic |
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| Family | Bignoniaceae |
| Synonym | Bignonia suberosa Roxb., |
| Local Name | Indian Cork Tree |
| Local Name 2 | Tree Jasmine |
| Local Name 3 | Maramalli |
| Local Name 4 | Akashaveppu |
| Trade Name | Indian Cork tree |
| Origin | Burma & Malaysia |
| Botanical Features | Trees, bark pale brown, corky. Leaves 2-3 pinnate, opposite, estipulate; rachis 45-70 cm long, stout, glabrous, swollen at base, grooved above; pinnae 11-17 pairs, 6-16 cm, slender, grooved above, opposite, imparipinnate; leaflets 3-5, opposite; petiolule 5-10 mm long, slender, grooved above, glabrous; lamina 2.5-8 ×1.5-5 cm, ovate or elliptic-ovate, base oblique, truncate or acute, apex acuminate, margin entire or coarsely dentate-crenate, glabrous except midrib and lateral nerves beneath, membranous; lateral nerves 3-5 pairs, pinnate, flowers white, in terminal corymbose panicles; fruit an elongated capsule, 30×2 cm, 2-valved; seeds many, winged. |
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