• Family : ANACARDIACEAE
  (Cashew Or Mango Or Sumac Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : AAM FAMILY (आम फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : ANACARDIACEAE
• Basionym : Dialium coromandelicum Houtt.
• Synonym(s) : Odina wodier Roxb.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Lannea coromandelica (Houtt.) Merr.
• Common name : Wodier, Jhingam
• Vernacular name : Jhingan, Jhingan Mohin (Hindi); Godda mara, Udi mara, Ajjashringi (Kannada); Uthian, Wodier, Anaikkarai, Kalasan (Tamil); Appriyada, Gumpena (Telugu); Moi, Raji-mohi, Jia (Oria); Jingani (Sanskrit); Moin (Marathi); Anakkaram, Karasu, Karayam, Karilavu, Konapadanara, Odiyamaram, Idikalasam, Uthi (Malayalam)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Deciduous forests
• Comments / notes : Common in the deciduous forests in plains to 1200m.
• Flower, Fruit : January-July
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Kurnool district, Kadapa district, Guntur district, Prakasam district, Srikakulam district, West Godavari district, Vishakapatnam district
  • Karnataka : All Districts
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Maharashtra : Akola district
  • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district
  • Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Burma, China, Malaysia
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Naidu, M.T. & O.A. Kumar 2015. Tree species diversity in the Eastern Ghats of Northern Andhra Pradesh, India. JoTT 7 (8): 7443-7459; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan District; Saldanha, C.J. (1996). Flora of Karnataka vol. 2. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi; Gowda, 2004 – Flora of Sringeri; Seetharam et al., 2000 – Flora of Gulbarga District; Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi District; Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Lannea coromandelica. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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