Tecomella

{{Short description|Genus of trees}} {{redirect|Rohira|the fort|Rohida fort}} {{more footnotes needed|date=December 2021}} {{Speciesbox |image = Tecomella undulata tree in Alamarvdasht, Fars, Iran, by Hadi Karimi.jpg |image_caption = ''Tecomella undulata'' in Alamarvdasht, Iran |status = EN |status_system = IUCN3.1 |status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn |author=Plummer, J. |year=2021 |title=''Tecomella undulata'' |article-number=e.T137731325A169300279 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T137731325A169300279.en |access-date=25 November 2025}}</ref> |taxon = Tecomella undulata |parent_authority = Seem.<ref name=POWO_4267-1/> |authority = (Sm.) Seem.<ref name=POWO_4267-1/> }} '''''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'''''.<ref name="POWO_4267-1">{{cite web |title=''Tecomella'' Seem&period; |work=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:4267-1 |access-date=2021-12-02 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Sharma |first1=B. M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uCMsEAAAQBAJ&dq=rohida&pg=PA160 |title=Agroforestry for Sustained Productivity in Arid Regions |last2=Gupta |first2=J. P. |date=2019-02-07 |publisher=Scientific Publishers |isbn=978-93-87991-03-3 |pages=160 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Kumar |first1=Suresh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2qo4DwAAQBAJ&dq=rohida&pg=PA128 |title=Conservation of Threatened Desert Plants |last2=Purohit |first2=C. S. |date=2015-05-01 |publisher=Scientific Publishers |isbn=978-93-86102-28-7 |pages=128 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Varghese |first1=Nisha |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KQTOEAAAQBAJ&dq=rohida&pg=PA215 |title=Natural Resource Management in the Thar Desert Region of Rajasthan |last2=Burark |first2=Sukhdeo Singh |last3=Varghese |first3=K. A. |date=2023 |publisher=Springer Nature |isbn=978-3-031-34556-2 |pages=215 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=State Symbols |url=https://rajasthan.gov.in/StateSymbols.aspx?menu_id=42 |access-date=2025-08-10 |website=rajasthan.gov.in}}</ref> The trade name of the tree species is '''desert teak''' or '''Marwar teak'''. The trade name of the tree species is desert teak or Marwar teak.<ref>“Tecomella-undulata: Comprehensive Profile”, Toptopic101 (15 September 2025). [https://www.toptopic101.com/2025/09/tecomella-undulata.html]</ref>

== Uses == ''Tecomella undulata'' is traditionally used in Ayurvedic and folk medicine. Various parts of the plant are believed to support treatments for liver disorders, skin diseases, and inflammation.<ref>“Tecomella-undulata: Comprehensive Profile”, Toptopic101 (15 September 2025). [https://www.toptopic101.com/2025/09/tecomella-undulata.html]</ref> It is also valued for its timber and is sometimes cultivated for both medicinal and ecological purposes.<ref>“Tecomella-undulata: Comprehensive Profile”, Toptopic101 (15 September 2025). [https://www.toptopic101.com/2025/09/tecomella-undulata.html]</ref> {{multiple image | border = infobox | total_width = 290 | image_style = | perrow = 1/2/2/1/1 | image1 = Tecomella undulata tree in Alamarvdasht, Fars, Iran, by Hadi Karimi.jpg | caption1 = Tree in Alamarvdasht, Fars, Iran | image2 = Tecomella undulata (Rohida) 1.jpg | caption2 = Tree at the village of Harsawa | image3 = Tacomella_leaf.jpg | caption3 = Leaves at the village of Gharsana, India | image4 = Stem of Tecomella.jpg | caption4 = Trunk at Gharsana | image5= Tecomella_undolata_in_Punjab,_India.jpg | caption5= Flower in Punjab, India

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==Gallery== thumb|Cluster of trees in Bushehr province, Iran thumb|Flowers and foliage in Thar desert, Rajasthan thumb|Trunk in thar desert, Rajasthan thumb|Botanical drawing of tecomella thumb|Year old sapling in Punjab, India ==References== {{Reflist}} *ROHIDA (''Tecomella undulata''), Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education, Dehradun *[https://www.toptopic101.com/2025/09/tecomella-undulata.html] * Yahy M. Musakhel 2005: Floral diversity of ''Tecomella undulata'' species in Balochistan Pakistan.

Category:Bignoniaceae Category:Flora of Oman Category:Flora of Iran Category:Flora of Afghanistan Category:Flora of the Indian subcontinent Category:Drought-tolerant trees Category:Monotypic Lamiales genera Category:Symbols of Rajasthan Category:Bignoniaceae genera