Bio Diversity Park

Common Name : Oriental Plane

Hindi Name : चिनार | Scientific Name : Platanus orientalis
Family : Plantanaceae
Uses : The leaves and bark have been used medicinally. It is a medicinal tree used in Iranian folklore and traditional medicine as a pain and inflammation reliever. A fabric dye is being made from the twigs and roots. The timber, often called lacewood, is figured and valuable for indoor furniture. From earliest days, Chinar has been an important tree in Persian gardens, which are built around water and shade. A tiny island in the Dal Lake in Srinagar, is called Char-Chinar because of the four Chinar trees there. Chinar tree is an integral part of Kashmiri culture. Almost every village in the valley has a Chinar tree.
Native: Eurasia from the Balkans to the Himalayas in the east
General Description:

It is a very large, wide-spreading, and long-lived deciduous tree. Its leaves are borne alternately on the stem, deeply 3, 5 or 7 lobed, and palmate or maple-like, with coarsely toothed margins. It usually has flaking bark, occasionally not flaking and becoming thick and rugged. Flowers and fruit are round, borne in clusters of between 2 and 6 on a stem.