OROXYLUM INDICUM SEEDS MIDNIGHT HORROR TREE seeds

LATIN NAME: Oroxylum indicum

COMMON NAME: Midnight Horror Tree

The midnight horror tree drapes the huge, twice-compound leaves over the tall, bare trunk, the large, purple, night-blooming flowers in the great, erect spikes, and the whole tree carries the fine, strange look of the warm woodland. The fast-growing, deciduous tree carries the very large, twice-compound leaves with the many leaflets at the top of the tall, unbranched trunk, and the large, purple, fleshy flowers with the long, curved tubes in the great, erect, terminal racemes, opening at night, through the late spring, one of the strange, dramatic sights of the warm woodland, drawing the bats and the moths, to be followed by the huge, flat, sword-like pods filled with the many flat, winged seeds. The winged seeds have a very long record in the old practice of the warm lands, and the tree is a historic presence of the warm woodland. It is a tree of the open, sunny, deep, rich, moist, well-drained ground.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The midnight horror tree is a historic subject of the plant science, and the winged seeds keep showing up in the work on the bat-pollinated trees. The way the large, purple, fleshy flowers open at night and draw the bats and the moths has been studied steadily, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the bat-pollinated trees, the twice-compound leaves and the members of the trumpet-creeper family. The huge pods and the strange habit have also made it a fine study tree, and the midnight horror tree is a regular subject of the work on the winged seeds of the warm world.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

The midnight horror tree is a strange, useful tree of the warm woodland and the study collection. The very large, twice-compound leaves with the many leaflets at the top of the tall, unbranched trunk carry the strange look of the warm woodland, one of the strange, dramatic sights of the warm woodland, drawing the bats and the moths, and the winged seeds have a very long record in the old practice of the warm lands, the dried bark and the flat, winged seeds coming to the old remedies and the steady practice of the old shops, while the large, purple, fleshy flowers with the long, curved tubes in the great, erect, terminal racemes open at night through the late spring, to be followed by the huge, flat, sword-like pods filled with the many flat, winged seeds. It is one of the fine choices for the warm woodland, the curiosity garden and the study collection, and it has been written up in the botanical and the scientific papers for the winged seeds and the very long history. It is a strange, useful tree of the open, sunny, deep, rich, moist, well-drained garden.

The midnight horror tree seeds start well in a peaty, loamy mix kept warm and moist. The young trees are quick once their roots take hold, and they appreciate the deep, rich, moist ground of the warm garden.

To grow the midnight horror tree from seed, sow the flat, winged seeds over the surface of the tray of peaty, loamy soil, water gently, then keep the tray in a bright, warm spot. The seedlings come through within a few weeks, and they grow on fast. With the sun and the deep, rich, moist ground, the great sword-like pods will hang over the years.

 

 

 

 

Oroxylum Indicum or Midnight Horror tree is very fast growing found in India and

throughout south Asia. An evergreen or partially deciduous tree that grows upright

up to 20 meters high. It is known also as Indian Trumpet Flower and for its fear-

provoking (strange, oddish) ornamental properties, as well as its use in cooking

and medicinal treatments. While a tropical tree, it could survive to as low as 0C°

It has long leaves and long flower-bearing stalks that flower at night which draws

in bats. The 1 meter in length and 6 cm in diameter podded fruits, hang down from

bear branches, looking like swords.

Once the large leaf stalks shrivel, they fall off the tree and gather close to the

base of the trunk, looking like a mound of broken limb bones. The bark of the tree

and the seed pods are employed in tanning and making dye. Propagation is by seeds.

The roots, blossoms, seeds, leaves and fruit of Midnight Horror Tree or Oqroxylum

Indicum are utilized as food.

Seedlings require moderate shade in the early stages.

medical attributes

Oroxylum Indicum is a long-familiar medicinal tree in Asia. The root, skin, tree

bark and twigs, stems, foliage, blossoms, fruit and seeds have all been used to

treat a large variety of human ailments for thousands of years. That use keeps

going on today, so much so that pharmaceutical over harvesting of the tree is one

of the threats to its survival in the wild along with habitat wipe out. It has

being searched for its anti-gastric, anti-inflammatory, anti-arthritic and

cytotoxic medicinal qualities.