Trees & Plants

Wodier

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Lannea coromandelica

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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uses: 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.
native range: Southeast Asia
distribution: Indo-Malaysia and China
english names: Wodier · Jhingam
flowering fruiting: January – May Merr.
occurrence maldives: Occasional in natural habitats