| Etymology: |
In honour of C.R.Markham, who introduced cinchona into India. |
| Botanical name: |
Markhamia platycalyx (Baker) Sprague |
| Local/Trade Names: |
Lasambia |
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Conservation status: Cultivated in the campus of Forest Research Institute, Dehra Dun. |
| Digonestic features: |
Flowers yellow; fruit 30 long. |
| Description: |
A tree, 10-13 m high; branchlets lepidote. Leaves 15-30 cm long; leaflets 3-9, elliptic-oblong or obovate, obtusely acuminate, cuneate at the base, 5-14 cm long, entire or serrate. Flowers yellow in terminal and axillary panicles. Capsule ca 30 cm long, minutely puberulous and lepidote; midrib of valves very prominent. |
| Phenology: |
Fls.: Sept.-Oct. Frts.: Feb.-March. |
| Distribution: |
Native of Uganda. |
| Where to see it: |
Gate No. 2. |
| Uses: |
As an ornamental garden. |
