Statue of Unity – Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat Rain Forest Ektanagar

Oroxylum indicum

Syn. Bignonia indica

IUCN Red List Least Concern (LC)

Local name

  • Broken Bones Tree (English)
  • Bhut-vriksha (Hindi)
  • Tetu (Gujarati)

Tree type

Evergreen Deciduous
Family: Bignoniaceae
12m

Indicated uses

Medicinal Edible Ornamental Avenue Other

Flowering & fruiting

Flowering Fruiting

Key characters

Oroxylum indicum bark

Bark

Grey, smooth when young; branches spreading.

Oroxylum indicum leaves

Leaves

Large bi- or tri-pinnate (very large compound leaves) with many leaflets.

Oroxylum indicum flower

Flower

Large, showy, bell/trumpet-shaped, purple, pink inside, often hanging in clusters.

Oroxylum indicum fruit / seeds

Fruit / Seeds

Long, cylindrical, pendulous pods (very long; called ‘midnight’ pods). Winged seeds dispersed by wind.

Oroxylum indicum

Did you know?

Known as Shyonaka in Ayurveda, the tree is one of the ten medicinal plants used in the traditional Dashamula formulation, valued for its use in remedies for fever, inflammation and joint complaints.

Distribution

World map showing distribution

S. China to Tropical Asia, Trinidad-Tobago