Neolamarckia cadamba

• Botanical Name : Neolamarckia cadamba (Roxb.) Bosser
• Synonyms : Anthocephalus cadamba (Roxb.) Miq
• Common Name : Kadamb
• Plant Family : Rubiaceae
• Plant Form : Tree
• Occurrence (Sectors) : 2, 5, 8, 11, 16, 19, 20, 22, 27
• Occurrence (Special Areas) : Gujarat Forestry Research Foundation, Ayurvedic Udyan

About Neolamarckia cadamba Plant :

• Habit : A small tree.
• Leaves : Opposite, decussate, elliptic-oblong, acute, entire, coriaceous, cordate at base, stipules inter-petiolar.
• Inflorescence : Terminal globose heads.
• Flowers :
  • Fragrant with calyx tubular, lobes 5, obtuse.
  • Corolla tubular, orange, lobes 5, on the corolla throat.
  • Ovary 2-celled below but 4-celled on top.
  • Style exserted, white, stigma fusiform, ovules many.
• Fruit : Globose of few-seeded leathery pyrenes, seeds minute.
• Flowering and Fruiting Time : September-November
• Significance :
  • Planted on road-side or in gardens and near the temples.
  • This tree is held in great reverence both by Hindus and Buddhists.
  • The flowers have an irresistible power of recalling the absent lover.
  • The fresh bark juice is used in inflammation of the eye and for gargle.