Common names (English):

Indian corck tree, Tree Jasmine.

Local name (Kannada):

Habit: Tree

Distribution:

South East Asia and Malesia.

Use: Ornamental.

Description:

Trees, 10-15 m high; bark pale brown, corky. Leaves 2-3 pinnate, opposite; pinnae 11-17 pairs; leaflets 3-5, opposite, ovate or elliptic-ovate, base oblique, truncate or acute. Calyx lobes 5, 1 mm, obtuse. Corolla 2.5 cm across; tube narrow, cylindrical, 7 cm; lobes 5, subequal. Stamens 4, didynamous. Fruit an elongated capsule, 30 × 2 cm, 2-valved; seeds many, winged.