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Bignoniaceae

Oroxylum indicum (L.) Kurz

Family
Bignoniaceae
Genus
Oroxylum

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Oroxylum indicum (Oroxylum indicum)
FlowerPhoto: Sayee Girdhari, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (22)
ace
Abeueng-abeueng
azb
هیند اوْروکسیلومو
Azerbaijani
Hind oroksilumu
Bangla
কানাইডিঙ্গা গাছ
Burmese
ကြောင်လျှာ
Chinese
木蝴蝶, 兜铃, 千层纸, 千张纸, 土黄柏, 朝筒, 木蝴蝶树皮, 棵黄价
Indonesian
Bungli
Javanese
Bungli
lah
راتیں کھڑنا
Lithuanian
Indinis ormedis, Ormedis
Malay
Pokok Bonglai
Malayalam
പലകപ്പയ്യാനി, പലകപ്പ യ്യാനി
Marathi
टेंटू, टेंटु
mnw
ဂြင်အေက်၊ တၞံ
Nepali
टटेलो, टटलो, टोटलो
Portuguese
Ababangai, Oroxylon, Oroxylon indicum
shn
တူၼ်ႈမၢၵ်ႇလိူင်ႇၵႃ, တူၼ်ႈမၢၵ်ႇလိၼ်ႉၸၢင်ႉ, တူၼ်ႈမႆႉလိၼ်ႉၸၢင်ႉ
Sinhala
තොටිල
Tamil
ஓரோஸைலம் இண்டிகம்
tcy
ಆನೆಮುಂಗು
Thai
เพกา
Urdu
تلوار پھلی

Synonyms

  • Arthrophyllum ceylanicum Miq.
  • Arthrophyllum reticulatum Blume ex Miq.
  • Bignonia indica L.
  • Bignonia lugubris Salisb.
  • Bignonia pentandra Lour.
  • Bignonia quadripinnata Blanco
  • Bignonia tripinnata Noronha
  • Bignonia tuberculata Roxb. ex DC.
  • Calosanthes indica (L.) Blume
  • Hippoxylon indica (L.) Raf.
  • Oroxylum flavum Rehder
  • Spathodea indica (L.) Pers.

Flowers

In flower
June to August (from 12 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.