Description
Scientific Name: Quercus suber
Common Name: Cork oak
Description: A medium-sized, evergreen oak tree
Origin: Native to southwest Europe and northwest Africa
Cork Production: The primary source of cork for wine bottle stoppers, cork flooring, and other uses
Other Common Names: Alcornoque (Spanish), Suro, alzina surera (Catalan), Chêne-liège (French)
Uses: Cork bottle stoppers, cork flooring, cricket ball cores
Indian cork tree, Scientific name: Millingtonia hortensis.
Cork-tree, a species of Scientific name: Phellodendron.
Amur Cork Tree (Phellodendron amurense):
A deciduous tree in the rue family (Rutaceae) with corky bark.
Other names include: Amur cork tree, Sakhalin cork tree.
Native to eastern Asia (northern China, Manchuria, Korea, Ussuri Region, Amur Region, Japan).
The bark is used in traditional Chinese medicine.
Indian Cork Tree (Millingtonia hortensis):
Millingtonia hortensis, commonly known as the Indian Cork Tree or Tree Jasmine, is an ornamental tree with medicinal properties, used traditionally for treating conditions like asthma, fever, and microbial infections, and also used for its fragrant flowers and foliage.
Also known as tree jasmine.
Other names include: Akasha Mallige (Kannada), Neem Chameli (Hindi), Katesam (Malayalam).
It is a tall, fast-growing tree with white, fragrant, trumpet-shaped flowers that bloom at night and shed early in the morning.
The wood is brittle, and the bark is yellowish, thick, and relatively fissured.
Scientific name: Euonymus phellomanus, a large deciduous shrub with corky “wings”
Chinese cork oak,Scientific name: Quercus variabilis, a tree from which cork is occasionally harvested.
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