Statue of Unity – Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat Rain Forest Ektanagar

Heynea trijuga

Syn. Trichilia connaroides

IUCN Red List Least Concern (LC)

Local name

  • Indian Heynea (English)
  • Tusal (Marathi)
  • Chentanai (Tamil)

Tree type

Evergreen Deciduous
Family: Meliaceae
5m

Indicated uses

Medicinal Edible Ornamental Avenue Other

Flowering & fruiting

Flowering Fruiting

Key characters

Heynea trijuga bark

Bark

Thin, rough, reddish-brown to ash-coloured, often with depressed or wart-like lenticels; inner bark yellowish.

Heynea trijuga leaves

Leaves

Leaves are compound, 10-38 cm long, with opposite leaflets, 4 pairs, 5-15 cm long, pale and often softly velvety beneath.

Heynea trijuga flower

Flower

Small, white, bisexual, arranged in axillary panicles; peduncles leaf-length; calyx 4–5-lobed, petals 4–5, staminal tube 8–10-lobed, ovary 2–3-celled, with two ovules per cell.

Heynea trijuga fruit / seeds

Fruit / Seeds

Capsules 1.2–1.6 cm in diameter, with two broad, obtuse valves; seeds bear a thin, white, fleshy aril and orange coats that turn brown with maturity.

Heynea trijuga

Did you know?

Leaf decoctions were historically used for cholera and related gastrointestinal ailments in Peninsular Malaysia and northern Vietnam.

Distribution

World map showing distribution

Indian Subcontinent to S. China and W. & Central Malesia