Mandania / Indian Ash
Acrocarpus fraxinifolius
Also known as Red Or Pink Cedar, Single Tree
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra & more
- Flowering
- December-March
How to identify Mandania
Identify Mandania by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a tree habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Tall timber tree with ash-like leaves.
- Confirm leaf type: Bipinnately compound (doubly divided, fern-like).
- Confirm flower colour: Red.
- Confirm fruit type: Legume.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: December-March.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Mizoram and nearby regions.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Acrocarpus fraxinifolius
- Genus
- Acrocarpus
- Family
- Caesalpiniaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- India, Sri Lanka
- Distribution
- Indo-Malesia, Africa
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Mizoram, Kerala, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim
- Flowering & fruiting
- December-March
- Conservation status
- Rare (R)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Bipinnately compound (doubly divided, fern-like)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Mandania itself; the rest are typical of the Caesalpiniaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Redrecorded
- Fruit type
- LegumerecordedA dry pod that splits open along two seams (typical of the pea/bean family).“Acrocarpus is a genus of trees in the legume family, Fabaceae.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Legume
Characters marked “recorded” are for Mandania itself; the rest are typical of the Caesalpiniaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- मंडानिया Mandania, मंधानी Mandhani, मुंडानी OR मुंदानी Mundani
- Bengali
- মুন্দনী Mundani
- Tamil
- மலைக்கொன்றை malai-k-konrai
- Kannada
- ಹಂಟಗೆ Hantage, ಹೌಲಿಗೆ Haulige, ಹಾವುಲಿಗೆ Haavulige
- Malayalam
- Karangan, Kurangadi
- Marathi
- टोकफळ Tokphal
About Mandania
A member of the Caesalpiniaceae family, Indian Ash (Acrocarpus fraxinifolius) is a tree. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra and 5 other states. It grows in evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from December to March.
Caesalpiniaceae
Senna family
Mandania belongs to the Caesalpiniaceae family.
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