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Penang Botanic Gardens Plant Collection

Millingtonia hortensis L.f. (BIGNONIACEAE)

Posted at — Nov 13, 2019
Indian Cork-Tree, Cork Tree

Description

Deciduous or semi-evergreen tree to 15 m tall. Bark deeply irregularly cracked, thick and corky. Leaves opposite, 40-100 cm long, 2-3x-pinnate. Flowers 9-11 cm long, white, in spreading branched clusters. Fruit 30-40 cm long, straight, flattened, splitting length wise exposing winged seeds.

Ecology

Open deciduous forest.

Distribution

S Myanmar, Thailand, Indochina.

Uses

Often planted as an ornamental. Flowers are fragrant.