Cudrania cochinchinensis (Lour.) Yakuro Kudo & Masam.

 
  • Family : MORACEAE
    (Mulberry Or Fig Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ANJEER FAMILY (अंजीर फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System IV) : Moraceae
  • Synonym(s) : Vanieria cochinchinensis Lour.; Cudrania spinosus Kuntze; Cudrania acuminata Miq.; Cudrania amboinensis (Blume) Miq.; Cudrania cambodiana Gagnep.; Cudrania cochinchinensis var. gerontogea (Siebold & Zucc.) Kudô & Masam.; Cudrania grandifolia Merr.; Cudrania integra F.T.Wang & Tang; Cudrania javanensis Trécul
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Maclura cochinchinensis (Lour.) Corner
  • Habit : Climbing shrub or Tree
  • Key identification features : Straggling shrubs or small trees, 2-3 m high; stem and branches woody, spiny; Leaves oblong or obovate, acuminate; Flower heads globose, creamy white, solitary; Achenes globose, enclosed in fleshy bracts, velvety, orange.
  • Flower, Fruit : April-July
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Visakhapatnam district
    • Odisha : Koraput district, Khordha district
    • Uttarakhand : Dehradun
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • West Bengal : West Bengal
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Lohit
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Bihar : Bihar
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Christmas Islands, Bhutan, Hainan, Japan, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicobar Islands, Philippines, Queensland, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : India, Tropical Himalayas, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malaypenisula, China, E.Africa, Australia
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
    • Pullaiah, T & Ali Moulali, D., 1997. Flora of Andhra Pradesh. Vol. 2.
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 390
    • Dash, S. S., & Mao, A. A. (Eds.). (2018). Flowering Plants of India: An Annotated Checklist-Dicotyledons Volume II. Director, Botanical Survey of India.
  • Read more :
  • Permalink : https://indiatrees-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Cudrania cochinchinensis
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Trees and Vegetation Types. Cudrania cochinchinensis. Downloaded on 3 October 2026.

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