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PLANT OF THE WEEK 8th week 12-1-2015 Oroxylum indicum (L.) Kurz. – Midnight horror tree Botanical Name Description Oroxylom indicum (L.) Kurz. Habit :- Oroxylum indicum is a small branched tree with 5-10 m high, laxly branched or unbranched. Synonyms Leaf :- Leaves opposite, 2-4 pinnately compound. Leaflets triangular-ovate, glabrous, becoming after drying, base sub rounded, oblique, margin entire. Bignonia indica L. Calosanthes indica (L.) Blume. Bignonia pentandra Laur. Family Flower :- Inflorescence racemose, terminal, calyx large, purple, broadly campanulate, fleshy. Corolla purple-red, campanulate, limb slightly bilabiate, tomentose basally, stamen 5, sub equal, style filiform, stigma ligulate, compressed. Bignoniaceae Local Name English : Midnight horror tree Fruit :- Capsule woody, valves with midrib, margin convex. Seed rounded, winged including papery. Oroxylum indicum ~ A night bloomer ~ Hindi : Sagru Oriya : Phanaphana Uses Tamil : Konda Bengali : Sona The bark, leaves, root, root bark, fruits, leaves and seeds are used to treat snake bite. Habitat It is found occasional in mixed deciduous forests, especially in hills. Distribution India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Indonesia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Bhutan, China. Flowering time: July-August Fruiting time: December-March Conservation Status Endangered Bark :- The decoction of the bark is taken for curing gastric ulcer and a paste made of the bark applied to cure mouth cancer, scabies and other skin diseases. Juice of the bark is used as a tonic and astringent useful in diarrhea, diaphoretic, rheumatism and dysentery. Root :- It is used to cure inflammations, leprosy, dropsy, sprains, neuralgia, hiccough, cough, asthma, bronchitis, anorexia, dyspepsia, diarrhea, dysentery. Source Root Bark :- It is used as astringent, bitter tonic, stomachic, anodyne and sudorific and also useful in diarrhea, dysentery and ottorrhoea. Leaf :- Paste of leaves are used externally to treat an enlarged spleen, headache and ulcer, also used as emollient & anodyne. Fruit :- Tender fruits are prescribed for expectorant, carminative and stomachic and also useful in cough, bronchitis, dyspepsia, flatulence, colic and leucoderma. The mature fruits are to cure acrid, sweet, anthelmintic and stomachic and also useful in sore throat, cardiac disorders, worm infestations, gastric disorders, bronchitis. Seed :- The seed are used as purgative. Mao, A.A.; Oroxylum indicum Vent.-A potential anticancer Medicinal plant. Saxena, H.O. & Brahmam, M. (1994). The Flora of Orissa, Vol.II, pp: 1300-1301. Sharma P.C.; Yelne M.B.; Dennis T.J.(2005 ).Database on Medicinal Plants used in Ayurveda, Vol.II pp: 490-499. Sharma R. (2003). Medicinal plants of IndiaAn encyclopedia, pp 179-180. Swain B.K & Das S.K. (2007) Visual guide to wild medicinal plants of Orissa, pp 353. www.en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/ oroxylum_indicum www.envis.frlht.org.