Botanical Name

Oroxylum indicum

Family

Bignoniaceae

Sanskrit name

Shyonaka

English name

Midnight horror/ Broken bones tree

Hindi name

Bhoothvruksh

Kannada name

Aanemungu/aanangi

Habit

Tree

Habitat

Tree, River banks slopes of the hills

Conservation Status

Vulnerable

Plant Description

Medium sized tree. Bark is greyish brown. Huge leaves, red-purple flowers produced in bunches. Fruit long pods look like sword.

Distribution

South East Asia

Part Used

Root and stem bark

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Medicinal uses

Used in joint pain , localised swellings, diarrhoea, cough, cold.

Propagation through

Seeds