Chandigarh Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Chandigarh (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Rubiaceae | Genus: Neolamarckia | Species: Neolamarckia cadamba (Roxb.) Bosser |
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| Synonym | Anthocephalus cadamba (Roxb.) Miq., Cephalanthus chinensis Lam., Neonauclea megaphylla (S.Moore) S. Moore , Anthocephalus indicus var.glabrescens , Anthocephalus morindifolius Korth., Anthocephalus indicus A. | Flower Color | Yellow - Orange |
| Common Name | Kadamb | Flower Type | Solitary |
| English / Trade Name | Kadam, Cadam | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Kadamb | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | Upto 1500 m | Fruit Type | Capsule |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit a capsule on a fleshy globose receptacle, 3.5-5 cm across, orange yellow, capsule membranous; seeds may, angular, minute |
| Habitat | Along banks of rivers and streams in evergreen forests, also in the plains | Bark Type | Exfoliating |
| Distribution | China, Bhutan, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Australia | Bark Details | Bark thin, grayish brown, fissured and scabrous when old. |
| Distribution in chandigarh | Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary, Chandigarh Botanical Garden and Nature Park, Sector 22, Sector 37 | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Elliptic | ||
| Description of Species | Trees, deciduous, upto 35 m tall; trunk with small buttresses; bark thin, grayish brown; branches horizontally spreading, flattened becoming subterete, glabrescent. petiole glabrous; Leaf blade drying thinly leathery, elliptic or oblong-elliptic, on juvenile growth adaxi- ally shiny and glabrous, abaxially glabrous to densely puberu- lent, apex acute; inflorescences with peduncle 2–4 cm, rather stout; flowering; calyx puberulent to pilosulous; corolla yellowish white, funnelform, outside glabrous; fruiting heads yellowish green, 30–40 mm. In diam., with peduncles markedly thickened. fruit cylindrical to ellipsoid or obovoid, seeds 3- angled. | Leaf Details | Opposite, decussate, elliptic-oblong, cute, entire, coriaceous, cordate At base, stipules inter-petiolar. |
