Tecomella

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Tecomella Undulata is a tree species found in Oman and from southwest Iran to northwest India. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Tecomella.^[1] It is a medium-sized tree that produces quality timber and is the main source of timber amongst the indigenous tree species of desert regions of Shekhawati and Marwar in the Indian state of Rajasthan where it is locally known as rohida and serves as the state symbol.^[2][3][4][5] The trade name of the tree species is desert teak or Marwar teak.

Tree in Alamarvdasht, Fars, Iran

Tree at the village of Harsawa

Leaves at the village of Gharsana, India

Trunk at Gharsana

Flower in Punjab, India

Tecomella
Tree in Alamarvdasht, Fars, Iran
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Bignoniaceae
Genus:	Tecomella Seem.[1]
Species:	T. undulata
Binomial name
Tecomella undulata (Sm.) Seem.[1]

Gallery

Cluster of trees in Bushehr province, Iran

Flowers and foliage in Thar desert, Rajasthan

Trunk in thar desert, Rajasthan

Botanical drawing of tecomella

Year old sapling in Punjab, India