Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MT117 : Acrocarpus fraxinifolius

Plant Category : Tree

Melghat's Flora's Serial No. :

Synonym :

Plant Common Name : Pink Cedar, Acrocarpo, Australian ash, Indian ash, Kenya coffeeshade, Mundani, Red cedar, Shingle tree • Hindi: Mandania, Mandhani, OR Mundani • Manipuri: Mun, Mundani • Marathi: Tokphal • Tamil: malai-k-konrai • Malayalam: Karangan, Kurangadi • Kannada: Belangi, Hantige • Bengali: Mundani

Plant Family : CAESALPINIOIDEAE

Description : a fast-growing tree, which can reach 30-60 m in height. The straight trunk has spurs and the round crown is composed of rising branches. The leaves are bipinnate, about 30 cm with 3-4 compound leaflets and consisting of 5-6 elliptical, lancelike leaflets 7-10 cm long and arranged in pairs. The leaves are bright red when young, giving the tree its characteristic appearance. The flowers are scarlet red and arranged in axillary racemes. Flowers appear on tree when leafless, up to 20 dense heads hanging down from branch ends, each 12 cm long, dripping nectar from the reddish-green to orange flowers. Fruit is an elongated and flattened pod, narrowly winged, 10-18 seeded.

Plant Location in Melghat :

Medicinal Use / Activity : The sapwood is highly susceptible to fungal and insect attacks.

Plant's Phytochemicals : COMPOUNDS: The seed oil was found to contain 84% of lupeol.

ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0):

Plant's Current Status :

Plant's Cross Database Reference : 259142

Reference : Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati (2018 - 2019); Book

Reference :

Kingdom : Plantae - Plants
Phylum : Tracheophyta
Subkingdom : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants
Superdivision : Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Subclass :
Order : Fabales
Family : Fabaceae
Genus : Acrocarpus
Species : Acrocarpus fraxinifolius Arn.

Acrocarpus fraxinifolius Arn.
Acrocarpus fraxinifolius Arn.