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

Xylosma longifolia

Syn. Myroxylon longifolium

IUCN Red List Least Concern (LC)

Local name

  • Longleaf Logwood (English)
  • Dandal (Hindi)
  • Kondanerasi (Tamil)

Tree type

Evergreen Deciduous
Family: Salicaceae
07m

Indicated uses

Medicinal Edible Ornamental Avenue Other

Flowering & fruiting

Flowering Fruiting

Key characters

Xylosma longifolia bark

Bark

Gray-brown, with spiny, hairless branchlets.

Xylosma longifolia leaves

Leaves

Leaf stalk 5–8 mm long; blade narrowly elliptic, oblong-elliptic, oblong-lance-shaped, or narrowly obovate, 4–15 cm long and 2.5–5 cm wide, leathery, smooth, margin serrate, tip sharp.

Xylosma longifolia flower

Flower

Greenish, 2.5–3.5 mm across, arranged singly or in condensed axillary racemes or panicles; pedicels slender, hairy, 1–2 mm long; sepals 4–5, persistent, ovate to lanceolate, 1–2 mm long.

Xylosma longifolia fruit / seeds

Fruit / Seeds

Berry is reported as red when ripe, drying black, spherical, 4–6 mm in diameter.

Xylosma longifolia

Did you know?

In parts of Assam and Manipur, boiled leaf extracts have traditionally been used as a topical wash to help remove lice and ticks from domestic livestock and dogs.

Distribution

World map showing distribution

NE. Pakistan to S. China and Indo-China