Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Anacardiaceae | Genus: Lannea | Species: Lannea coromandelica (Houtt.) Merr.( झिंगन ) |
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| Synonym | Dialium coromandelicum Houtt., Lannea grandis Engl., Lannea wodier (Roxb.) Parker | Flower Color | Yellow - Orange |
| Common Name | Jhingan, Wodier, Kimlu | Flower Type | Raceme |
| English / Trade Name | Indian Ash Tree, Moya, Wodier | Flowering Period | Jan-March |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Jhingan | Fruiting Period | April-June |
| Altitude | 100-1800 m | Fruit Type | Drupe |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit a drupe, 12 mm long, ovoid, red; stone hard; seed compressed. |
| Habitat | Deciduous forests, also in the plains | Bark Type | Exfoliating |
| Distribution | Indo-Malesia and China | Bark Details | Bark surface grey to dark brown, rough, exfoliating in small irregular flakes, fibrous; blaze crimson red or deep pink; exudation gummy, red; young parts stellate-rusty tomentose. |
| Distribution in Haryana | Morni-Pinjore, Yamuna Nagar | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Compound | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Pinnate | ||
| Description of Species | Deciduous tree, growing up to 14 m tall. Branchlets minutely covered with starry hairs. Alternately arranged leaves are pinnate, with a single terminal leaflet (pinnae) at the end. The spine carrying the leaflets is up to 7 cm long. Leaflets are usually 5, each laterals opposite, ovate, base rounded, densely velvet-hairy when young. Flowers unisexual, greenish, the male in compound and female in simple racemes. Sepals 4, about 1 mm long, broad ovate. Petals 4, 2 mm long, oblong, green yellow. Fruit is ovoid, compressed, in panicles, at the end of leafless branches | Leaf Details | Alternately arranged leaves are pinnate, with a single terminal leaflet (pinnae) at the end. The spine carrying the leaflets is up to 7 cm long. Leaflets are usually 5, each laterals opposite, ovate, base rounded, densely velvet-hairy when young. |
