''Adina cordifolia'',

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''Haldina cordifolia'', is a

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

in the family

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. It is native to southern Asia, from India east to China and Vietnam and south to

Peninsular Malaysia Peninsular Malaysia, historically known as Malaya and also known as West Malaysia or the Malaysian Peninsula, is the western part of Malaysia that comprises the southern part of the Malay Peninsula on Mainland Southeast Asia and the list of isla ...

. ''Adina cordifolia'' is a

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tree that can grow well over 20 metres high. The flowers may be insignificant individually but can be seen as attractive when they

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together in

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s with a circumference of 20–30 mm. They are usually yellow often tinged with a shade of pink. ''A. cordifolia'' usually blossoms during winter (dry season) months. The bark of the tree acts as an

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Gallery

File:Haldina cordifolia (Haldu) in Ananthagiri forest, AP W IMG 9369.jpg, At

Ananthagiri Hills Ananthagiri Hills is located in Vikarabad district, Telangana, India. The water flows from these hills to Osman Sagar, also known as Gandipet lake, and Himayathsagar. It is one of the dense forests in Telangana. Ananthagiri Temple is loca ...

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (ISO 15919, ISO: , , AP) is a States and union territories of India, state on the East Coast of India, east coast of southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, seventh-largest state and th ...

, India File:Haldina cordifolia (Haldu) in Ananthagiri forest, AP W IMG 9367.jpg, At Ananthagiri Hills, India Image: Haldina cordifolia 1.jpg, Trunk at

Udawatta Kele Sanctuary Udawattakele Forest Reserve often spelled as Udawatta Kele, is a historic forest reserve on a hill-ridge in the city of Kandy. It is 104 hectares (257 acres) large. During the days of the Kingdom of Kandy, Kandyan kingdom, Udawattakele was known as ...

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...

Image: Haldina cordifolia 2.jpg, Trunk at Udawatta Kele Sanctuary, Sri Lanka

References

Naucleeae Trees of the Indian subcontinent Flora of Yunnan Flora of Indo-China Trees of Peninsular Malaysia Taxa named by William Roxburgh {{Cinchonoideae-stub