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Millingtonia hortensis (Tree Jasmine )

Millingtonia is native from Burma. It is a fine fast growing tree with compound  leaves. After the rainy season fragrant waxy white flower appears. The tree flowers at night and sheds flowers early in the morning; fragrant blooms falling and carpeting the ground around.The wood is used as timber and the bark is used as an inferior substitute for cork.

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  • Botanical Description
  • Horticulture Management
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  • Pronunciation: mil-ling-TOH-nee-a hor-TEN-sis

  • Plant type: Tree

  • Origin: South Asia & South East Asia

  • Heat Zones: 8 to 15

    Hardiness Zones: 11 to 13

  • Uses: Specimen, Container

  • Size/Shape

    Growth Rate: Fast

    Tree Shape: Spreading

    Canopy Symmetry: Irregular

    Canopy Density: Open

    Canopy Texture: Fine

    Height at Maturity: Over 23

    Spread at Maturity: 10 to 15 meters

    Time to Ultimate Height: 5 to 10 Years

  • By Sengai Podhuvan (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
  • By Meneerke bloem (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
  • By J.M.Garg (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 4.0-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
  • By J.M.Garg (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
By Sengai Podhuvan (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

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  • Foliage

    Leaf Arrangement : Opposite

    Leaf Venation: Pinnate

    Leaf Persistance: Evergreen

    Leaf Type: Bipinnately compound

    Leaf Blade: 5 - 10 cm

    Leaf Shape: Oval

    Leaf Margins: Serrate

    Leaf Texture: Smooth

    Leaf Scent: No Fragance

    Color(growing season): Green

    Color(changing season): Green

  • Flower

    Flower Showiness: Yes

    Flower Size Range: 1.5 - 3

    Flower Type: Cyme

    Flower Scent: Pleasant (Sweet)

    Flower Color: Yellow, White

    Seasons: Fall

  • Trunk

    Trunk has Crownshaft: No

    Trunk Susceptibility to Breakage: Suspected to breakage

    Number of Trunks: Single Trunk

    Trunk esthetic Values: Fissured

  • Fruit

    Fruit Type: Capsule

    Fruit Showiness: Yes

    Fruit Size Range: 7 - 10

    Fruit Color: Green, Yellow

    Seasons: Fall

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  • By Meneerke bloem (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
  • By J.M.Garg (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 4.0-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
  • By J.M.Garg (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
By Sengai Podhuvan (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

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  • Tolerance

    Frost Tolerant: No

    Heat Tolerance: Yes

    Drought Tolerance: Yes

    Salt Tolerance: Moderate

  • Requirements

    Soil Requirements: Loam

    Soil Ph Requirements: Alkaline

    Water Requirements: High, Moderate

    Light Requirements: Full, Part

  • Management

    Toxicity: No

    Invasive Potential: No

    Susceptibility to Pests and Diseases: Yes

    Pruning Requirements: Little needed, to develop a strong structure

    Fruit/ Leaves/ Flowers litter: Yes

    Surface Rooting: No

    Life Span: 25-50 years

    Edible Parts: None

    Plant Propagation: Cutting, Layering

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