Munronia pinnata
A small unbranched or sparsely branched shrub in the Meliaceae family, up to 65 cm tall with imparipinnate leaves and finely fissured bark, bearing a strongly five-ribbed, depressed-globose capsule and used in Ayurvedic medicine for fevers, dysentery and skin diseases, distributed across tropical Asia and cultivated in Europe.
Common Names
Binkohomba
Summary
Native to tropical Asia, the plant is a small subshrub up to 50 cm tall with smooth, imparipinnate leaves bearing 3–9 leaflets. Flowering produces white blossoms with bright orange stamens and five petals, borne at leaf axils, and fruit is a capsule about 1–1.2 cm in diameter.
Propagation is by seeds, with poor seed viability, and cultivation is easy, with suitability for pot culture. Medicinally, the plant is used in Ayurvedic medicine for fevers and dysentery, with the whole plant used, and it has commercial value in medicines.
Lifecycle
Perennial
Height
4-20 inches
Sunlight Requirements
Ideally full sun to partial shade.
Soil Type
Moist, well-drained soils, rocky soils with thin soil layers between rocks
Soil Drainage
Well-drained soils
Bloom Color
White
Bloom Time
Spring to Fall
Seasons of Interest
Spring and Summer
Propagation Methods
Seeds and Cuttings
Taxonomy
- Taxonomic Rank
- Species
- Author
- (Wall.) W.Theob.
- Publication
- Burmah , ed. 3, 2: 581 (1883)
Superior Taxa
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Subkingdom
- Pteridobiotina
- Phylum
- Angiosperms
- Order
- Sapindales
- Family
- Meliaceae
- Genus
- Munronia
Synonyms
Munronia javanica Munronia wallichii Trichilia humilis Munronia sinica Munronia hainanensis Munronia henryi Munronia heterotricha Munronia hainanensis var. microphyllina Munronia heterophylla Munronia neilgherrica Munronia pumila Munronia timoriensis Munronia robinsonii Melia pumila Turraea pinnata Ebermaiera pulchella Munronia delavayi