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Family: Cornaceae	Genus: Alangium	Species: Alangium chinense (Lour.) Harms

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Alangium begoniifolium (Roxb.) Baill.	Flower Color	White
Common Name	Budalar Paldu	Flower Type	Cyme
English / Trade Name		Flowering Period	April-June
Vernacular /Local Name		Fruiting Period	Oct-Dec
Altitude	Up to 2000 m	Fruit Type	Drupe
Habit	Tree	Fruit Details	The small oval fruits are cobalt blue to indigo in color.
Habitat	Wide distribution in temperate and tropical Asia	Bark Type	Smooth
Distribution	East tropical Africa; E. Asia - China, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia.	Bark Details	Sandy Brown, Gray without any fragrance
Distribution in chandigarh	Chandigarh Botanical Garden and Nature Park	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Simple
		Leaf Arrangement	Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Ovate
Description of Species	Small trees, 3-5 m tall. Branchlets pubescent when young, glabrescent. Petiole reddish, 4-6 cm; leaf blade ovate or orbicular to cordate, 8-20 × 5-12 cm, abaxially tufted pubescent at axils of veins, adaxially glabrous, strongly 3-5-veined at base, base usually oblique, occasionally rounded or subrounded, or triangular, margin entire or with few shallow lobes, apex acuminate. Inflorescences axillary cymes, 3-15-flowered. Flowers ca. 2 cm. Calyx lobes 4-7, shortly dentate. Petals valvate, 6(-8), lanceolate, 1-1.5 cm. Stamens 6-8, ca. as many as petals, glabrous.	Leaf Details	The leaves are rounded when young, leaf blade ovate or orbicular to cordate, 8-20 × 5-12 cm, abaxially tufted pubescent at axils of veins, adaxially glabrous, strongly 3-5-veined at base, base usually oblique, occasionally rounded or subrounded, or triangular, margin entire or with few shallow lobes, apex acuminate.

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