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Family: Bignoniaceae	Genus: Oroxylum	Species: Oroxylum indicum (Linn.) Vent.

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Bignonia indica Linn.	Flower Color	White
Common Name	Pharkat, Arula, Kandarpa	Flower Type	Raceme
English / Trade Name	Indian trumpet flower	Flowering Period	July-Sept
Vernacular /Local Name	Tat Palangi, Pharkat	Fruiting Period	Oct-Dec
Altitude	Up to 1500 m	Fruit Type	Capsule
Habit	Tree	Fruit Details	Capsules large, flat – linear, septicidally 2 – valves, 30 – 60 x 5 – 8 cm, incurved, woody, red – brown; seeds winged all around, except base, thinly discoid.
Habitat	Miscellaneous and scrub jungles	Bark Type	Smooth
Distribution	Throughout India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Myanamar, Malaysia, China.	Bark Details	Grey
Distribution in chandigarh	Chandigarh Botanical Garden and Nature Park	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Compound
		Leaf Arrangement	Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Ovate
Description of Species	Deciduous, slender, straight trees. Leaves, 2 – 3 pinnate; pinnae 3 – 4 pairs; leaflets broadly ovate or elliptic, 6.5 – 14 x 2.6 – 8 cm, entire, acuminate, dark green – shining above, pale beneath, terminal long stalked. Flowers dull – purple, fleshy in large, erect, stout, terminal, pedunculate racemes. Calyx about 2.6 cm long; lobes fleshy. Corolla 5 – 7 cm long, campanulate, fleshy; mouth 5 – 8 cm wide; lobes subequal, round. Stamens 5. Capsules large, flat – linear, septicidally 2 – valves, 30 – 60 x 5 – 8 cm, incurved, woody, red – brown; seeds winged all around, except base, thinly discoid.	Leaf Details	Leaves, 2 – 3 pinnate; pinnae 3 – 4 pairs; leaflets broadly ovate or elliptic, 6.5 – 14 x 2.6 – 8 cm, entire, acuminate, dark green – shining above, pale beneath, terminal long stalked

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