Stereospermum chelonoides (L. fil.) DC.
Stereospermum chelonoides (L. fil.) DC.
MT136 : Stereospermum chelonoides (L. fil.) DC.
| Plant Category | : | Tree |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | |
| Synonym | : | Bignonia chelonoides L. fil.; Bignonia gratissima K.D.Koenig ex DC.; Bignonia suaveolens Roxb.; Heterophragma chelonoides (L. fil.) Dalzell & A.Gibson; Heterophragma suaveolens (Roxb.) Dalzell & A.Gibson; Hieranthes fragrans Raf.; Spathodea suaveolens (Roxb.) Benth. & Hook. fil.; Stereospermum suaveolens (Roxb.) DC.; Tecoma suaveolens (Roxb.) G.Don |
| Plant Common Name | : | Fragrant Padri Tree • Assamese: parhori, paroli, ser phang • Garo: bolsel • Hindi: padeli • Kannada: adri, bili paadri, giri, hadari • Khasi: dieng sir • Malayalam: kacasthali, karannavu, karanyavu • Marathi: kalagori, kalgari, paadal • Mizo: zinghal • Naga: Ing-nge-ching • Nepali: Kuber bacha, jinghal, parhori • Sanskrit: kastapatala, patala • Tamil: ambuvagina, padiri, pathiriver, pumbadiri • Telugu: ambuvaasini, gallugudu, goddalipukusu, isakarasi |
| Plant Family | : | BIGNONIACEAE |
| Description | : | Tree is a large deciduous tree, 10-20 m tall, with velvet-hairy branches. Leaves are compound, 1-2 ft long, with 3-4 pairs of leaflets. Leaflets are 7-15 cm long, broadly elliptic, long-pointed. velvety on the underside, rounded and unequal at base, with 6-8 nerves, short-stalked. Fragrant flowers are borne in large lax panicles. They are 10-20 cm long, pinkish. Sepal cup is bell-shaped, 1 cm long, hairy, 3-5 lobed. Stamens are 4, remaining inside the flower-tube. Seed-pod is 1-2 ft long, cylindric, ribbed, rough. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | An infusion of the pleasant tasting root, as well as the fragrant flowers, is used as a cooling drink in the treatment of fevers. The juice of the bark is used to treat indigestion. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: 1-Hexacosanol; 1-Triacontanol; Dehydrotectol; lapachol; Octadecanoate; oleic acid; palmitic acid; Scutellarein; Xyloidone; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (2): Scutellarein; Palmitic acid; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati (2018 - 2019); Book |
| Reference | : | ~ Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati
(2018 - 2019); Book PMID : ~ Omesh Bajpai, Jitendra Pandey and Lal Babu Chaudhary; "Ethnomedicinal Uses of Tree Species by Tharu Tribes in the Himalayan Terai Region of India"; Research Journal of Medicinal Plant (2016); 10(1): 19-41 PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Lamiales |
| Order | : |
| Family | : Bignoniaceae |
| Genus | : Stereospermum |
| Species | : Stereospermum chelonoides (L. fil.) DC. |