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[[File:Mitragyna parvifolia (5660625891).jpg|thumb|right|''Bhumikadamba'', ''Mitragyna parvifolia'']]
'''Bhumikadamba''' is a deciduous tree growing up to 27 metres tall. The tree is harvested from the wild - it yields a valuable timber and has local medicinal uses.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Jaundice}}, {{Uses|Wound healing}}, {{Uses|Muscular pain}}, {{Uses|Fever}}, {{Uses|Burning sensation}}
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=kadaaniKadaani, kadaani Kadaani mara, kadaga, naikadaba, sannakadaba|ml=nirkadambuNirkadambu, sirukadambuSirukadambu|sa=bhumikadambaBhumikadamba, dhulikadamba, vitanahDhulikadamba|ta=karpakkatampuKarpakkatampu, nirkkatampu, peykkatampaiNirkkatampu|te=battaganapuBattaganapu, botruga, neerukadimiBotruga|hi=kadam, kaimKadam, kalamKaim|en=}}
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==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|oppositeOpposite|stipules Stipules 1 cm long, interpetiolar, ovate-oblong or obovate, foliaceous, membranous, cauducous; petiole 10-40 mm long, stout, grooved above, glabrous; lamina 5-16 cm x 2.5-10 cm, variable, ovate, orbicular, elliptic or ovate-oblong, base obtuse, attenuate, acute or subcordate, apex obtuse or round; margin entire, glabrous, coriaceous; lateral nerves 6-10 pairs, pinnate, prominent beneath; intercostae scalariform, slender; domatia present. }}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|Terminal heads|Pale yellow|5|peduncle supported by a pair of bract like oblong leaves; bracteoles small, subulate; calyx tube short, truncate, rim even; corolla tube funnel shaped, 8 mm long, villous inside, lobes 4-5 oblong, reflexed; stamens 5, attached towards the apex of corolla tube; anthers apiculate; ovary 2-celled, inferior, ovules many; style filiform; stigma mitriform, hollow at base.}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Capsules|2 - 3 mm||ribbedRibbed, separating in to two cocci, brown; seeds many, small, 10-ribbed.|}}
===Other features===
==How to plant/cultivate==
The seeds are difficult to germinate in the nursery.
