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Pajanelia is a genus with a single species, Pajanelia longifolia, a tall tree of tropical forests in South and Southeast Asia. It is grown mainly as a shade or support tree rather than as an ornamental houseplant, so care advice applies to a large tree.
Pajanelia, sometimes known in English as tender wild jack or pajanelia, in Malayalam as azhantha or pajneli, in Kannada as alangi and in Tamil as aranthal, is a monotypic genus of evergreen or briefly deciduous flowering tree in the family Bignoniaceae which contains a single species, Pajanelia longifolia.
It can be most commonly found within the deciduous and semi-evergreen mountainous rainforests of India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia and the islands of Sumatra, Natuna, and Borneo. It is often spotted alongside rivers or within forests adjacent to the coastand up to 1000m above sea level, and is occasionally found lonesome in the plains.
Pajanelia is used in parts of Malaysia, where it is commonly planted as stakes for hedges along rice fields, and is also planted as support tree in pepper plantations. The timber is suitable for woodworking purposes, such as building doors, wall panelling, domestic flooring, veneer and plywood, due to it being very hard and close grained. In conjunction with this, the wood has been used by the native Andamanese for house building, planking and canoe building; people in Natuna Islands also use the wood to build boats. Pajanelia also has uses within traditional south Asian medicine. According to the 17th Century Hortus Malabaricus, its crushed roots have been used in Kerala, India to cure headache, swelling and inflammation. It may be resistant to white ant attacks, and is pollinated by various species of bats.
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