Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

• (≡) Anthocephalus cadamba (Roxb.) Miq.
• (I) Anthocephalus chinensis auct.
• Basionym: Nauclea cadamba Roxb.

Common names:

• burflower-tree  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• common bur-flower-tree  (Source: Pl Res SEAs) - English
• laran  (Source: Pl Res SEAs) - English
• Leichhardt-pine  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• kadam  (Source: Pl Res SEAs) - India (Hindi)
• cadamba  (Source: Pl Res SEAs) - unknown

Economic Importance:

• Environmental: ornamental (as Anthocephalus chinensis) potential for agroforestry (as Anthocephalus chinensis)
• Materials: wood (fide Pl Res SEAs 5:103. 1993, as Anthocephalus chinensis)
• Medicines: folklore

Distributional Range:

Native

Asia-Temperate

• CHINA: China (s.)

Asia-Tropical

• INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India (n. & w.), Nepal, Sri Lanka
• PAPUASIA: Papua New Guinea
• INDO-CHINA: Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
• MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia


Cultivated (also cult.)

References:

1. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
2. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
3. Nicolson, D. H. et al. 1988. An interpretation of Van Rheede's Hortus Malabaricus. Regnum Veg. 119:227.
4. Soerianegara, I. & R. H. M. J. Lemmens, eds. 1993. Timber trees: major commercial timbers. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 5(1):107. Note: = Anthocephalus chinensis (Lam.) A. Rich. ex Walp.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=410705. Accessed 20 June 2024.