Chandigarh Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Chandigarh (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun

Complete Taxonomic details of Species: Lannea coromandelica (Houtt.) Merr.

Family: Anacardiaceae Genus: Lannea Species: Lannea coromandelica (Houtt.) Merr.

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Synonym Dialium coromandelicum Houtt., Lannea grandis Engl., Lannea wodier (Roxb.) Parker Flower Color Greenish
Common Name Jhingam, Wodier Flower Type Raceme
English / Trade Name Indian Ash Tree, Moya, Wodier Flowering Period Jan-March
Vernacular /Local Name Jhingam, Kimlu Fruiting Period April-June
Altitude 100-1800 m Fruit Type Drupe
Habit Tree Fruit Details Fruit a drupe, 12 mm long, ovoid, red; stone hard; seed compressed.
Habitat Deciduous forests, also in the plains Bark Type Exfoliating
Distribution Indo-Malesia and China Bark Details Bark surface grey to dark brown, rough, exfoliating in small irregular flakes, fibrous; blaze crimson red or deep pink; exudation gummy, red; young parts stellate-rusty tomentose.
Distribution in chandigarh Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary, Chandigarh Botanical Garden and Nature Park, Sector 1, Sector 6 Origin Native
    Leaf Type Compound
    Leaf Arrangement Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
    Leaf Shape Pinnate
Description of Species Deciduous tree, growing up to 14 m tall. Branchlets minutely covered with starry hairs. Alternately arranged leaves are pinnate, with a single terminal leaflet (pinnae) at the end. The spine carrying the leaflets is up to 7 cm long. Leaflets are usually 5, each laterals opposite, ovate, base rounded, densely velvet-hairy when young. Flowers unisexual, greenish, the male in compound and female in simple racemes. Sepals 4, about 1 mm long, broad ovate. Petals 4, 2 mm long, oblong, green yellow. Fruit is ovoid, compressed, in panicles, at the end of leafless branches Leaf Details Alternately arranged leaves are pinnate, with a single terminal leaflet (pinnae) at the end. The spine carrying the leaflets is up to 7 cm long. Leaflets are usually 5, each laterals opposite, ovate, base rounded, densely velvet-hairy when young.
 

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