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Species
Indian trumpet tree
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderLamiales
- FamilyBignoniaceae
Native toAndaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is.
Observations931
Observations recorded1,438
Tropical Himalaya, India to Indo-China, Malaysia, W. & S. China.
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- Oroxylum indicum
- taxon name
- Oroxylum indicum
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- Oroxylum indicum
- taxon common name
- 木蝴蝶树皮
- short name
- O. indicum
- taxon author citation
- (L.) Kurz
- external data available at URL
- www.gbif.org/dataset/93725bf2-6ada-47f9-bd5e-0e679e3d245e
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Article
Oroxylum indicum is a species of flowering plant, in the monotypic genus Oroxylum in the family Bignoniaceae. It is commonly called Indian trumpet tree, oroxylum, Indian trumpet flower, broken bones, scythe tree, tree of Damocles, or midnight horror. It can reach a height of 18 metres (59 ft). Various segments of the tree are used in traditional medicine.
Taxonomy