Stereospermum tetragonum DC.
| Synonym : | Stereospermum personatum (Hassk.) Chatt. Bignonia caudata DC. Dipterosperma personatum Hassk. Stereospermum hasskarlii Zoll. & Moritzi |
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| Bangla Name : | Stereospermum personatum (Hassk.) Chatt., Bignonia caudata DC., Dipterosperma personatum Hassk., Stereospermum hasskarlii Zoll. & Moritzi |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Bignoniaceae |
| Disease : | - |
| Description : | A large deciduous tree, 9-18 m high, bole often fluted, bark rather thick, with characteristic shallow horizontal depression. Leaves imparipinnate, 30-45 cm long, leaflets 3-5 pairs, 10-12.5 cm long, elliptic-oblong, entire or serrulate, caudate acuminate. Flowers fragrant, in lax drooping, terminal panicles, corolla 2 cm long, tubular-campanulate, yellow, veined and tinged with reddish-purple. Fruit a capsule, 35-50 cm long, obscurely 4 angled, spirally twisted. |
| Distribution : | Forests of Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Cox’s Bazar, Sylhet, Gazipur and Tangail. |
| Chemical Constituents : | - |
| Uses : | Tender leaves are used with rice cake as vermifuge, bark is used in country liquor. |
| Habit : | Tree |