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Indian Ash Tree

Lannea coromandelica

Also called Indian Ash

Indian Ash Tree
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0

Indian ash tree is a deciduous tree from South and Southeast Asia, grown as a timber, fodder and agroforestry tree, and often seen in dry woodland. It needs full sun and well-drained soil in a warm climate.

Family
Anacardiaceae (Cashew family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Water young trees regularly until established, then let mature trees rely mostly on seasonal rain.
Soil
Well-drained soil, tolerant of poor, rocky or shallow soils.
Temperature
20–35 °C; protect young trees below about 5 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Indian Subcontinent to China (S. Yunnan to SW. Guangdong) and Indo-China
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Lannea coromandelica, also known as the Indian ash tree, is a species of tree in the family Anacardiaceae that grows in South and Southeast Asia, ranging from Sri Lanka to Southern China. Known also as the Mohin tree (Hindi: मोहिन) it is used in plywoods for its excellent termite resistance properties. It commonly grows in exposed dry woodland environments, where the tree is up to 10 meters tall and crooked. In more humid environments it is a larger spreading tree that can become 20 meters tall. In Sri Lanka Lannea coromandelica often grows on rock outcrops or inselbergs. In Nepal, commonly known as "Jhingat", it is grown in agroforestry as a multi-purpose tree, for both timber, but it can also be lopped 3 times a year to provide fodder.

Other Lannea plants

Lannea acida · Tree Grape · Wild Grape · West African Tree Grape · False Marula · Lannea transulta · Lannea welwitschii · Lannea

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lannea coromandelica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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