• 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) : Calsiama malabarica Raf.; Haberlia grandis Dennst.; Lannea grandis (Dennst.) Engl.; Lannea wodier (Roxb.) Adelb.; Odina gummifera Blume; Odina pinnata Rottler; Odina wodier Roxb.; Rhus odina Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.; Spondias oghigee G.Don; Spondias wirtgenii Hassk.; Tapirira wodier (Roxb.) Marchand; Wirtgenia octandra Jungh.; Dialium coromandelinum Houtt.
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : 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 : Tropical deciduous forests, Tropical dry evergreen forests
• Comments / notes : The bark yield tannin.
• Key identification features : Tree with very thick trunk; Flowers yellow-green; Drupe oblong, red.
• Flower, Fruit : January-July
• Collector(s) Name : B.R.Ramesh, K.R.Keshava Murthy
• Collection Date : 09/03/1979
• Collection Nos : KFP 6276
• Collection Locality : Sampanakatte- Nagara road, Shivamogga district
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Kurnool district, Y.S.R. Kadapa district, Guntur district, Prakasam district, Srikakulam district, West Godavari district, Visakhapatnam district
  • Karnataka : All Districts
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Maharashtra : Akola district
  • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district
  • Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
  • Jharkhand :
  • Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
  • Sikkim : Sikkim
  • Himachal Pradesh : Kinnaur district, Mandi district
  • Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
  • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
  • Assam : Assam
  • Nagaland : Nagaland
  • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • Punjab : Punjab
  • Mizoram : Mizoram
  • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  • Manipur : Manipur
  • Tripura : Tripura
• Native : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
• Exotic/Native : Native
• World Distribution : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
• 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
  • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 141
  • Indigenous Plants at Biodiversity Park, Ranchi - Ranchi Afforestation Division, Forest and Environmental Department, Jharkhand
  • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Flora of Himachal Pradesh. Volume 1, Botanical Survey of India, 1984. Pg.: 164
• Read more :
  • Plants of the World Online
  • World Flora Online
  • Global Plants on JSTOR
• Permalink : http://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Lannea coromandelica
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Flora Online. http://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Lannea coromandelica. Downloaded on 12 February 2026.

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