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Lannea coromandelica
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Lannea coromandelica

Lannea coromandelica

Edibility
3/5
Medicinal
3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitDeciduous Tree
Growth—

Succeeds in tropical and subtropical zones at elevations up to 1,800 metres. Grows best in areas where the mean annual temperature falls within the range 32 - 40°c, but can tolerate 8 - 47°c[1]. Plants are killed at temperatures below -2.5°c[1]. Prefers a mean annual rainfall of 1,200 - 2,000mm, tolerating 600 - 3,800mm[1]. Grows best in a sunny position[1]. Succeeds in most soils of moderate fertility, tolerating poor soils[1]. Prefers a pH in the range 5 - 6.5, but tolerates 4.5 - 8[1]. In its more common, dry woodland environment, the tree is usually small and somewhat ungainly - in moister conditions, however, it can become a handsome, spreading tree[2]. The valuable heartwood is generally only formed in sufficient quantity from trees grown in moister conditions[2]. The tree flowers when leafless[3]. The tree is resistant to fire[1]. A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if seed is required.

Propagation

Seed - it only has a short viability and so needs to be sown as soon as possible[2]. Cuttings - very easy, even large branches usually root[4]. Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Lannea+coromandelica>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

  1. [1]Ecocrop — http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/home ↩︎Basic information on a wide range of useful plants, plus details of environmental needs where available.
  2. [2]A Manual of Indian Timbers. — Gamble. J. S. · Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh · 1972 · ISBN - ↩︎First written in the 19th century, but still a classic, giving a lot of information on the uses and habitats of Indian trees. Not for the casual reader.
  3. [3]Medicinal Plants (Indigenous and Exotic) Used in Ceylon Part 1 — Jayaweera D.M.A. · The National Science Foundation, Sri Lanka · 2006 (Reprint) ↩︎Detailed information on over 100 medicinal plants used in Sri Lanka as part of the Ayurvedic method.
  4. [4]Flora Malesiana Series 1 — Various · Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch · http://www.archive.org ↩︎A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet
  5. [5]Flora of China — Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. · 1994 · http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ ↩︎An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available.
  6. [6]Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants — http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 ↩︎Terse details of a huge range of useful plants.
  7. [7]IUCN Red List of Threatened Species — http://www.iucnredlist.org/ ↩︎A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat.
  8. [8]Cornucopia II — Facciola. S. · Kampong Publications, California. · 1998 · ISBN 0-9628087-2-5 ↩︎The second edition of an excellent guide to the edible uses of plants, though it does not give any details of cultivation etc.
  9. [9]Ethnic Food Plants and Ethnic Food Preparation in Eastern Ghats and adjacent Deccan Region — Sadasivaiah B. & Pullaiah T. · Apple Academic Press; Oakville, Canada · 2017 · ISBN 978-1-77188-339-9 ↩︎
  10. [10]Dictionary of Economic Plants. — Uphof. J. C. Th. · Weinheim · 1959 · ISBN - ↩︎An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.
  11. [11]Indian Medicinal Plants; An Illustrated Dictionary — Khare C.P. (Ed.) · Springer-Verlag Berlin/Heidelberg · 2007 · ISBN 978-0-387-70637-5 ↩︎
  12. [12]Plants and People of Nepal — Manandhar. N. P. · Timber Press. Oregon. · 2002 · ISBN 0-88192-527-6 ↩︎Excellent book, covering over 1,500 species of useful plants from Nepal together with information on the geography and peoples of Nepal. Good descriptions of the plants with terse notes on their uses.
  13. [13]A cross-cultural analysis of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh (India) medicinal plant use — Gairola S. et al · 2014 · http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2014.06.029 ↩︎
  14. [14]Biodiversity of Medicinal Plants in the Eastern Ghats of Northern Andhra Pradesh, India — Venkaiah M., Prakasa Rao J. & R. Prameela R. · Springer Nature; Singapore · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1636-8 · ISBN 978-981-15-1635- ↩︎
  15. [15]Ethnobotanicals of the Western Ghats — Noorunnisa Begum S., Ravikumar K. & Ved D.K. · Apple Academic Press; Oakville, Canada · 2017 · ISBN 978-1-77188-404-4 ↩︎
  16. [16]Useful Fiber Plants of the World — Dodge C.R. · USDA; Washington. · 1897 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ ↩︎A rather dated, but very comprehensive catalogue of fibre plants from around the world. The book can be downloaded from the Internet.
  17. [17]Ethnobotanical Studies of Useful Trees of District Kotli, Azad Jammu and Kashmir — Muhammad Ajaib & Zaheer-Ud-Din Khan · 2014 · ISBN 2313-206X ↩︎