Description:
Bignoniaceae (bignonia, or jacaranda family) »
Millingtonia hortensis mill-in-TOH-nee-uh -- named for Thomas Millington, an English botanist hor-TEN-sis -- meaning, of or in gardens; cultivated commonly known as: Indian cork tree, tree jasmine • Hindi: नीम चमेली neem chameli • Kannada: akash mallige, beratu, ಬಿರಾತೆ ಮರಾ birate mara • Konkani: आकासनिम्ब akasnimb • Malayalam: കടെസമ് katesam • Marathi: आकाश चमेली akash chameli, बुच buch, कावल निम्ब or कावळ निम्ब kaval nimb • Oriya: ବକେନୀ bakeni, ମଚ୍ ମଚ୍ mach-mach, sitahara • Tamil: கட் மல்லீ kat-malli • Telugu: కవుకీ kavuki Origin: Myanmar (Burma).. long leaves bear two or three widely spaced pinnae, each with 5-7 smooth leaflets, oval, pointed and slightly round-toothed, 1-3 inches long.. sometimes the lower pinnae are again divided and bear one pair of three leaved pinnae, 1-2 pairs of leaflets and one leaflet at the end.. flowers in corymbose panicles, long tubular, silvery-white and delightfully fragrant. References:
Flowers of India •
Top Tropicals. Date: 28 October 2007, 16:56. Source:
Millingtonia hortensis. Author:
Dinesh Valke from Thane, India.