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Family: Bignoniaceae	Genus: Millingtonia	Species: Millingtonia hortensis L.f. ( नीली चमेली, आकाश नीम )

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Bignonia azedarachta Kon. & Sims, Bignonia cicutaria Koen. ex Mart., Millingtonia dubiosa Span.	Flower Color	White
Common Name	Akash Neem	Flower Type	Cyme
English / Trade Name	Indian Cork Tree, Tree Jasmine	Flowering Period	Oct-Dec
Vernacular /Local Name	Akash Neem, Neem Chameli	Fruiting Period	Jan-March
Altitude	500-1200 m	Fruit Type	Capsule
Habit	Tree	Fruit Details	Capsule linear, compressed. Seeds discoid-oblong, compressed, including wing, surrounded by membranous and transparent wings
Habitat	Low altitude slopes	Bark Type	Fissured
Distribution	South Asia and South East Asia	Bark Details	Grey corky bark
Distribution in Haryana	Jhajjar, Rohtak, Yamuna Nagar	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Compound
		Leaf Arrangement	Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Pinnate
Description of Species	Trees up to 25 m tall. Leaves 40-100 cm; petiolule ca. 1 cm; leaflets elliptic, ovate, or ovate-oblong, glabrous, base rounded, oblique, margin entire, apex acuminate; lateral veins 4 or 5 on each side of midrib. Inflorescences cymose-paniculate, peduncle and pedicels pale yellow pubescent; bracts and bractlets deciduous. Pedicel slender, ca. 1 cm. Calyx small, cupular, sinuo- late lobed; lobes slightly reflexed. Corolla white, lobes globose in bud, ovate-lanceolate at anthesis, 1-2 cm, densely pubescent along margin adaxially. Ovary glabrous; ovules numerous, 4-rowed. Capsule linear, compressed. Seeds discoid-oblong, compressed, including wing.	Leaf Details	Leaves 40-100 cm; petiolule ca. 1 cm; leaflets elliptic, ovate, or ovate-oblong, glabrous, base rounded, oblique, margin entire, apex acuminate; lateral veins 4 or 5 on each side of midrib.

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