Gmelina arborea

• Botanical Name : Gmelina arborea Roxb
• Synonyms : Gmelina sinuata Link
• Common Name : Sevan, Shivan
• Plant Family : Verbenaceae
• Plant Form : Tree
• Occurrence (Sectors) : 1, 2, 4-6, 8, 10, 12-25, 29, 30
• Occurrence (Special Areas) : Gujarat Forestry Research Foundation, Indroda Park, Basan, Aranya Van

About Gmelina arborea Plant :

• 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.