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ACCESSION NO: KFRIw 33

  • Scientific Name: Lannea coromandelica (Houtt.) Merr.
  • Family: Anacardiaceae
  • Trade Name: Jhingam
  • Common Name: Uthi, Kalash
  • പൊതുവായ പേരുകള്‍: കലാസ്‌
  • Native: Indian Subcontinent to China (South Yunnan to South West Guangdong) and Indo-China
  • Specimen from: Potta (Wadakancherry)
  • State & Region: Kerala, India
  • Date of Collection: Tuesday, April 24, 1979
  • Collected by: K. M. Bhat & K. V. Bhat
  • General Characteristics: Deciduous trees, up to 25 m high, bark surface grey to dark brown. Leaves imparipinnate, alternate, flowers unisexual, yellowish-green. Fruit a drupe, red.
  • Wood Anatomy: Growth rings are Indistinct. Vessels are diffuse-porous, medium to small, moderately few to moderately numerous, solitary, or in radial multiples of 2 or 3. Rays brownish; fine, seldom moderately broad, fairly close-spaced.
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