Lannea coromandelica - Jhingini

Jhingini, Lannea coromandelica

Jhingini is a deciduous tree usually growing 5 - 10 metres tall but with some specimens up to 20 metres tall with a bole 45cm in diameter. The leaves are gathered from the wild for local use as food and medicine. The plant is also cultivated in some areas of the tropics as a hedge plant and roadside tree

Uses

Sprains, Inflammation, Cuts and burns, Dysentery

Parts Used

Bark, Leaves

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada	ajashringi, goddi mara, dhumpaarikuratike
Hindi	jhingan, kashmal
Malayalam	kalasu, kalesjam, karasu, karayam, otiyamaram, thingam, udi
Tamil	anaikarai, vodiyar, odiya-maram, odiyan
Telugu	goompana chettu, gumpena, oddimanu, dhumpari
Marathi	NA
Gujarathi	NA
Punjabi	NA
Kashmiri	NA
Sanskrit	ajasringgi, jhingini, gudamanjari, netrashuddhi, jhingi, jivala, kvala, manjari
English	Indian ash tree

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
Pinnate	alternate	Leaves bipinnate, alternate, stipulate, rachis 14.5-62.5 cm long, stout, with a gland at the tip. Pinnae 2-3 pairs, leaflets 8-20, alternate Leaves imparipinnate, alternate, clustered at the end of branchlets, estipulate; rachis 21-27 cm, stout, swollen at base, stellate-hairy pubescent when young; leaflets 7-11, opposite; petiolule 3-5 mm, slender, pubescent; lamina 5-12 x 3-8 cm, oblong, oblong-ovate, oblong-lanceolate or ovate, base oblique, acute or round, apex acuminate, margin entire, lower surface and part of the upper with scattered stellate pubescence, chartaceous; lateral nerves 10-16 pairs, parallel, prominent, puberulent beneath, intercostae reticulate, prominent.

Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
Axillary	axillary or terminal racemes	Yellowish green	8	male flowers : in compound racemes, 8 mm across; calyx 4-lobed; lobes ovate, imbricate, persistent; petals 4, lanceolate, reflexed, imbricate; disc annular, 8-lobed; stamens 8, inserted below the disc, filaments unequal, subulate, ovary abortive; female flowers : in simple racemes; petals and sepals as in male flowers; stamens very short and small; anthers sterile; ovary superior, ovule pendulous from near the top of the cell.; styles 4; stigma peltate.

Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information
A drupe	12 mm long		ovoid, red; stone hard; seed compressed.		{{{6}}}

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, Cuttings.

Commonly seen growing in areas

Tropical area, Sub tropical area

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