| Type | Indigenous |
|---|---|
| Family | Rubiaceae |
| Synonym | Nauclea cordifolia Roxb. |
| Synonym_2 | Adina cordifolia (Roxb.) Hook.f.ex Brand. |
| Local Name | Manjakadambu |
| Local Name 2 | Veembu |
| Trade Name | Haldu |
| Habit | Large sized tree |
| Botanical Features | Deciduous trees, to 30 m high, bark 1.3 cm, grey-brown, exfoliating in small patches; blaze pink-red; bole buttressed; tree crown ovoid; bark 10-12 mm thick, grey-brown, often pitted; blaze reddish; branches horizontal; branching monopodial; young shoots pubescent. Leaves simple, opposite, decussate, stipulate; stipules 10-12 x 7 mm, intrapetiolar, obovate; petiole 4-10 cm long, stout, pubescent; lamina 10-20 x 10-20, orbicular or ovate or boadly ovate, base cordate, apex acuminate, margin entire, glabrous above, pubescent beneath; nerves 5-7 from base, lateral nerves 3-5 pairs, pinnate, prominent, regular; domatia present. Flowers bisexual, yellow; hypanthium 1-2 mm long, densely hairy; calyx cupular, 1.5-2 mm long, tube short, lobes 5, 1.3-1.8 mm long; corolla 7-9 mm long, 5-riged, densely finely hairy outside, lobes 5, oblong, 1-2 mm long, densely hairy; stamens 5; filaments 0.5 mm; anthers 1-2 mm long, oblong; ovary 2-celled, inferior; ovules many on a pendulous placenta; style filiform. Fruit a capsule, 2-3 mm long, of 2 dehiscent cocci, turbinate, brown; seeds many with tail at one end and a bifid wing other end. |
| Leaf |  |