Duabanga grandiflora (Roxb. ex DC.) Walpers
| Kannada Name : | - |
| Common Name : | Duabanga |
| Family Name : | Lythraceae |
| Scientific Name : | Duabanga grandiflora |
| Species Type : | Indigenous |
| Phenology : | Semi-deciduous |
| Conservation Status : | Not known |
| Flowering Period : | April |
| Fruiting Period : | None |
| Origin : | India, Nepal, China |
Uses
The fruits and leaves are boiled to make a black dye. The wood is used for purposes such as boxes and crates, tea boxes, furniture components, house and boat building, blockboard, fibre boards and pulp
Description
Evergreen or semi-evergreen trees, growing up to 40 m. Sparingly branched, branches are four-angled. Leaves simple, rigis, distichous, ovate to oblong, abaxially glaucous, base cordate, apex shortly acuminate. Inflorescence a corymb. Flowers bisexual white. Fruit a capsule, subglobose, 6-9 valved. Seeds 4-6 mm.
