Heterophragma quadriloculare

• Botanical Name : Heterophragma quadriloculare (Roxb.) K.Schum.
• Synonyms : Heterophragma roxburghii DC.
• Common Name : Varas, Pullnug, Waras
• Plant Family : Bignoniaceae
• Plant Form : Tree
• Occurrence (Special Areas) : Indroda Park, Ayurvedic Udyan

About Heterophragma quadriloculare Plant :

• Habit : A deciduous large tree.
• Leaves : Simply pinnate, leaflets 3-5 pairs and an odd one, elliptic-oblong, obtuse, oblique.
• Flowers :
  • Flowers in large, many-flowered, hairy, panicles.
  • Calyx densely hairy, irregularly lobed.
  • Corolla tubular swollen palerose or white often with a pink margin, lobes 5, with margins crisped.
  • Stamens 4, didynamous, included, anther-cells divergent, filaments hairy at base.
  • Disk cushion-shaped.
  • Ovary sessile, ovules many, style long, stigma bilobed.
• Fruit : Capsule elongate, straight, 4-celled, seeds flat and winged.
• Flowering and Fruiting Time : February-April
• Significance :
  • Planted in the gardens.
  • The wood is hard and seasons well. It is used for building and agricultural purposes.