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Mundi

Local Name	:	Mundi
Botanical Name	:	Mitragyna parvifolia (Roxb.) Korth.
Common Name	:	Dhara kadam
Family	:	Rubiaceae
Distribution	:	Found throughout India including Odisha. It is native to India and Sri Lanka also found in tropical and subtropical regions of Asia and Africa.
Habit	:	Tree
Short Description	:	It is a medium to large deciduous tree. It has dense foliage with glossy leaves and spherical, yellowish-white flowers, and is valued for its medicinal properties and timber.

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Descriptions

It is a medium to large sized deciduous tree. Leaves are simple, opposite, and ovate-oblong or obovate in shape. Flowers are yellow and grow in ball-shaped clusters. Fruit capsules in globose heads, ribbed, separating in to two cocci, brown. Seeds many.

Flowering & Fruiting Period

March-December

Use(s)

Fruit decoction is used for lactation. It has ornamental values also.