Dilip Walse Patil

Scientific Name : Gmelina arborea Roxb. ex Sm.

Category : Angiosperms

Status : Alive

Habit : A moderate sized, deciduous, unarmed tree. Leaves : Large, broadly ovate, acuminate, cordate at base, hairy below. Inflorescence : Small cymes of 1-3 flowers arranged in hairy panicles. Flowers : Yellowish, bracteate, bracts small, linear, caduceus. Calyx bell-shaped, hairy, teeth small, 5. Corolla large, brownish-yellow, bilipped, tubular, swollen above, densely hairy 5-lobed, withwavy margin. Stamens 4, didynamous. Ovary 4-celled, ovule 1 in each cell, style simple, stigma bifid. Fruit : Drupe ovoid, orange-yellow. Flowering and Fruiting Time : February-April Significance : The timber is very hard and used for furniture work. An infusion of the root increase the flow of milk in woman. Roots are given with other drugs in gout, leprosy and eczema. Juice of the leaves is given in diabetes.