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Oroxylum indicum

Oroxylum indicum

हिन्दी: वटुक, सोन

On the Rajasthan Board's rare and threatened plants listIUCN: Least Concern
Oroxylum indicum (Oroxylum indicum)

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Scientific name
Oroxylum indicum
Hindi name
वटुक, सोन
Family
Bignoniaceae, order Lamiales
Group
Plant
Conservation status
Least Concern

A tree with giant sword-like pods.

  • Spot it Huge flat hanging pods and large flowers.
  • Home Southern forests.
  • Food web Its night-opening flowers are visited by bats and moths.
  • Why it matters A night-pollination partner for bats and moths.

Read more: Oroxylum indicum on Wikipedia

Sources and credits

Records and field notes

  • RajasthanThe Rajasthan State Biodiversity Board lists it among the rare, endangered and threatened plants of Rajasthan, for southern Rajasthan.[2]
  • RajasthanThe Board describes it as a tree of the Bignoniaceae family.[2]

Sources

  1. Rajasthan State Biodiversity Board. List of Rare, Endangered and Threatened Plants of Rajasthan (55 plants) (government). Official list, published as a PDF.
  2. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (species pages linked on each entry) (database). Global conservation status. Every species page was opened.
  3. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and GBIF species data (family, order, Hindi names, IUCN category) (database). Open biodiversity data. Used for classification, Hindi common names and the IUCN category where one is given.
  4. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (opening lines of each species article, CC BY-SA 4.0). The link on each entry goes to the article (reference). Not peer reviewed. Only the opening description is used, and statements about origin or medicinal use are left out.
  5. Short introductions and key points written with AI help (Google Gemini and Claude) and checked against GBIF where possible (reference). AI-assisted text for general readers. Please check important details before relying on them.

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