Occasional in natural habitats The wood is moderately hard and is used in small scale constructions. Bark is m used as a remedy for cuts, wounds, bruises and ulcerative inflammations of the oral mucosa. Gum exuded from the cut bark is used for treating asthma. ets
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The wood is moderately hard and is used in small scale constructions. Bark is m used as a remedy for cuts, wounds, bruises and ulcerative inflammations of the oral mucosa. Gum exuded from the cut bark is used for treating asthma. ets
family
Anacardiaceae
synonym
Dialium coromandelicum Houtt., Odina wodier Roxb.
description
Deciduous trees, to 25 m high, bark surface grey to dark brown, rough, exfoliating in small irregular flakes, fibrous; exudation gummy, red. Leaves imparipinnate, alternate, clustered at the end of branchlets, 21-27 cm long; leaflets × 7-11, opposite; 5-12 3-8 cm, oblong, oblong-ovate, oblong-lanceolate or ovate, base oblique, lower surface pubescent, lateral nerves 10-16 pairs. Flowers unisexual, 8 mm across, yellowish-green in compound racemes. Calyx 4-lobed; lobes ovate, persistent. Petals 4, lanceolate, reflexed. Stamens 8, inserted below the disc, filaments unequal. Fruit a drupe, 12 mm long, ovoid, red; stone hard; seed compressed.