Lannea coromandelica

 Botanical Name: Lannea coromandelica (Houtt.) Merr.,


Family: Anacardiaceae

Common Name: Indian Ash. Tree moya

English Name: wodier, jhingam

Description: It is a deciduous tree usually growing 5 - 10 metres tall but with some specimens up to 20 metres tall with a bole 45cm in diameter. Deciduous trees to 25m high bark surface grey to dark brown rough exfoliating in small irregular flakes fibous blare crimson red or deep pink exudation gummy red young parts stellate-rusty tomentose leaves imparipinnate alternate clustered at the end of brabchlets estipulate rachis 21-27cm stout swollen at base stellate-hairy pubescent when young leaflets 7-11 opposite petiolule 3.5mm slender pubescent laming 5-12x3-8cm oblong oblong-ovate, oblong-lanceolate or ovate base oblique acute or round apex acuminate margin entire lower surface and part of the upper with scattered stellate pubescence chartaceous lateral nerves 10-16 pairs, parcallel prominent puberulent benceath intercostae reticulate prominent flowers unisexual yellowish-green male flowers in compound racemes 8mm across calyx 4-10 bed lobes ovate imbricate persistent petals 4 lanceolate reflexed imbricate disc annular 8-lobed stamens 8 inserted below the disc filaments unequal subulate overy abortive female flowers in simple racemes petals and sepals as in male flowers stamens very short and small anthers sterile ovary superior ovule pendulous from near the top of the cell.  Styles 4 stigma peltate fruit a drupe 12mm long ovoid red stonehard seed compressed.

Flowering & Fruiting: January-May

Distribution: E. Asia - southern China, Indian subcontinent, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam.

IUCN: Unknown: Least Concern. Lannea coromandelica (Indian Ash Tree) (iucnredlist.org)

District: All Districts of Tamil Nadu

Uses: Young leaves and sprouts - raw or cooked, Eaten as a vegetable, Eaten as a lalab (a vegetable salad served with sambal) with rice. The gum obtained from the trunk is often used in confectionery. The powdered bark is used as a flavoring. The bark and the leaves are used as medicine. The plant can be grown as a hedge. It is easily propagated by cuttings and so can be grown as a living fence

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