Beaumontia grandiflora
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Nepal trumpet flower
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Summary
Source: WikipediaBeaumontia grandiflora, the Easter lily vine, herald's trumpet, or Nepal trumpet flower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is native to the eastern Indian Subcontinent, southern China, and mainland Southeast Asia, and has been introduced to a number of locales in Central America. With its vining habit and trumpet-shaped flowers it is widely cultivated as an ornamental.
Description
A climbing shrub. It has woody stems 20 m long. The leaves are opposite. They are oval and 15-30 cm long by 7-18 cm wide. The flowers are 7.5-12.5 cm long and bell shaped. The fruit are oblong woody follicles. They contain many seeds.
Edible Uses
The flowers are eaten.
Medicinal Uses
The roots and leaves are used in the treatment of fractures, injury, and backache and leg pain caused by rheumatism.
Distribution
It is a subtropical plant. It grows up to 1,400 m above sea level.
Where It Grows
Asia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Northeastern India, SE Asia, Sikkim, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam,
Cultivation
It can be grown from seeds or cuttings of half ripe wood.
Propagation
Seed - Cuttings of half-ripe wood with a heel. Root them in a sandy mix in a closed case with bottom heat.
Other Uses
A fibre is obtained from the young twigs. The young branches are used for making coarse ropes. The plant furnishes the best seed hairs yet known, though also the least utilized. The fibre is said to be not only the most lustrous and most purely white of all the so-called 'vegetable silks', but also possesses a remarkable degree of strength. Moreover, the hairs are very easily separated from the seeds. The fibres are 29 - 44mm long.
Synonyms
Also Known As
Chom-rik, Gothale lahara
References (2)
- Ferns, Useful Tropical Plants
- Savita, et al, 2006, Studies on wild edible plants of ethnic people in east Sikkim. Asian J. of Bio Sci. (2006) Vol. 1 No. 2 : 117-125
