Lau binh
Fagraea ceilanica
Also known as Gia, Perfume Flower Tree, Pua Keni Keni, Trai Tichlan
About Lau binh
Fagraea ceilanica is a species of small tree in the family Gentianaceae growing to heights of up to 10 metres. Typical habitat is seasonal tropical forest, but it is also grown as an ornamental tree in many places in India, Indo-China and Malesia. It has been described as "epiphytic" or a "strangler" when young, since like strangling figs (Ficus) its seeds germinate in cracks and branch joints of living tree trunks from where the young plants' roots grow around the trunk down to the ground, using the tree as support but without killing it. Occasionally flowering Fagraea ceilanica bushes are seen high up on tree trunks, remaining there as epiphytes. It is also recorded as a lithophyte growing on rocks and rock faces.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Fagraea ceilanica
- Genus
- Fagraea
- Family
- LOGANIACEAE
- Habit
- Liana
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous, evergreen, semi-evergreen and shola forests, also in sacred groves
- Distribution
- Indo-Malesia
- Flowering & fruiting
- March-November
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Kannada
- ಗಿನ್ನನು ginnanu, ಹಣ್ಣ ಚಳ್ಳೆ hanna challe, ಮೇನಕಳ್ಳಿ maenakalli
- Malayalam
- മരുന്തൻകാമരം marunthankaamaram, വെള്ളമോടകം vellamotakam, മോടകം
Loganiaceae
Logania Family
Lau binh belongs to the Loganiaceae family.
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