Arjuna Tree
Arjuna Tree
Arjuna family Combretaceae
Arjuna Tree - An Avenue Tree. Can be seen in Janpath, Teen Murti and Mother Teresa Marg.
Arjuna : A massive tree, deciduous, with a broad oval crown, smooth bark and buttressed trunk, usually found growing along water courses in dry forests. Though noticeably stunted in the city, is still is one of the largest trees lining some of New Delhi's broadest avenues. Arjun tree can be 'noisy' because they are a favorite roost for flying foxes. It is often possible to chart the course of a stream from the air by the presence of Arjuna tree, growing thickly along its bank. Fire and wind are the chief enemies of the mature tree. Seasons :Leaves : shed towards mid-April, renewed in late April or May. Smooth leathery, dully, shinny, 8-25 cm long arranged opposite each other or nearly so blunt or only slightly pointed at apex shallowly heart shaped at base. Margins often, faintly , bluntly, toothed.
Flowers : Flowers in late April, lasting through most of May. Fruit : ripen nearly a year after flowering dropping sometime between February and June. Flowers are tiny 4 mm wide densely clustered on bristly, cylindrical spikes borne (mostly) towards the end of branchlets. There are no petals. Some people notice a pleasant honey scent- others wrinkle their noses at the smell. Fruit is a fibrous, woody nut up tp 6 cm long with 5 (sometimes 6 ) thin leathery like longitudinal flanges. Green at first, ripening deep brown, tinged with rust. Bark : Thin, smooth, pale greenish, gray, but flaking off to reveal colours varying with the size of the tree and time of the year. Uses : The bark and the gum are highly valued as tonic. Also used as tanning agent. The leaves are a choice feed for tussar silkworm
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