Adina cordifolia (Roxb.) Brandis
Adina cordifolia (Roxb.) Brandis
Adina cordifolia (Roxb.) Brandis
Adina cordifolia (Roxb.) Brandis
MT056 : Adina cordifolia (Roxb.) Brandis
| Plant Category | : | Tree |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 222 |
| Synonym | : | Haldina cordifolia (Roxb.) Ridsdale.;
Nauclea cordifolia Roxb.;
Nauclea sterculiifolia A.Rich. ex DC.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Haldu, G-Mundi, Haldu • Hindi: Karam, Kadami • Marathi: Haldu, Hedu • Tamil: Mannakatampu • Malayalam: Manjakadambu • Telugu: Pasupu-kadamba • Kannada: Yettega • Oriya: Holondo • Assamese: Tarakchapa • Sanskrit: Girikadamba |
| Plant Family | : | Rubiaceae |
| Description | : | A deciduous tree with a large crown; generaly growing from 18 - 30 metres tall, specimens up to 45 metres have been recorded. The long, straight, clean bole cam be up to 150cm in diameter and is often buttressed and fluted at the base. The buttresses are sometimes of irregular and fantastic shapes. When growing in more isolated positions it produces a thick bole and massive branches with a large spreading crown. The bark is light gray, about 1.8cm thick and exfoliating in patches, while the wood is light red inside with white streaks. The ovate leaves are 10-30cm in diameter, and flowers are yellow in globose heads. The pods split into two dehiscent cocci to produce minute seeds. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | In Most areas of Tiger Reserve |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Antiwarmicide; The bark is anti-septic and febrifuge. The juice of the plant is applied externally to kill worms in sores. An infusion of the roots is used in the treatment of Diarrhea and dysentery. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: 10-deoxyadifoline; 10-deoxycordifoline indole; cordifoline; adifoline; Oleoresin; napthaquinone; adinin; umbelliferone 1; skimmin 2; 7-methoxycoumarin 4; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | Common Tree |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/264255
- http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Haldina+cordifolia
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Haldu.html
- http://www.mpbd.info/plants/adina_cordifolia.php
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18675491 |
| Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : |
| Order | : Gentianales |
| Family | : Rubiaceae - Madder family |
| Genus | : Adina |
| Species | : Adina cordifolia (Roxb.) Brandis |