Mitragyna parvifolia - Bhumikadamba

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

Jaundice, Wound healing, Muscular pain, Fever, Burning sensation

Parts Used

Bark, Leaves

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada	kadaani, kadaani mara, kadaga, naikadaba, sannakadaba
Hindi	kadam, kaim, kalam
Malayalam	nirkadambu, sirukadambu
Tamil	karpakkatampu, nirkkatampu, peykkatampai
Telugu	battaganapu, botruga, neerukadimi
Marathi	NA
Gujarathi	NA
Punjabi	NA
Kashmiri	NA
Sanskrit	bhumikadamba, dhulikadamba, vitanah
English

Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Habit

Tree

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature
Simple	opposite	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.

Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
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

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information
Capsules	2 - 3 mm		ribbed, separating in to two cocci, brown; seeds many, small, 10-ribbed.		{{{6}}}

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, Cuttings.

Commonly seen growing in areas

Tropical area, Sub tropical area

Photo Gallery

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  Leaves

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  Bark

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  Flowering branch

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