Lannea coromandelica

Botanical Name – Lannea coromandelica

Common Name  – Ajashringi, Jhingini (Sanskrit), Goonja, Gurjan, Mohin, Gurj, Gharri, Jhingan, Moyan, Moyal, Mavai, Saka, Ghodi (Hindi), Moi (Marathi), Mavedi (Gujrati)

Distribution- Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala

Habit-

• Medium sized deciduous tree in dry habitats, grows large in moist conditions
• Fast growing

Habitat

• Dry to moist deciduous forests
• Grows in forest edges, clearings, disturbed forests
  
  

Specific properties

• Can grow in soil with moderate to poor fertility
• Disturbance tolerant species
• Preferred for land restoration
• Pioneer species
• Tree is resistant to fire
• A dioecious species, both male and female forms required for seed to form
  
  

Ecology

• Birds and squirrels feed on flowers and fruits
• Moi pith and leaf tissues are high in starch content and are a favourite fodder of elephants
• Lannea attracts a lot of insects and gets pollinated by them.
• Larval host plant for Pale Four-Lineblue butterfly and Grammodes stolida moth

Uses

• Tree parts exhibit anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, hypotensive, anti-cancerous activities
• Young leaves and sprouts are eaten as vegetable
• The gum obtained from trunk is used in confectionery, mixed with lime for whitewashing
• Used as hedge plant and as avenue tree
• Good fodder
• Bark tannin is used as a dye and to preserve fishing nets
• The wood is resistant to termites, and it is used for house building, furniture, rice pounders, for carving and turnery
• It is used in plywood for its excellent termite resistance properties

Propagation

• Seeds and cuttings