Adina cordifolia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Cinchonoideae
Tribus: Naucleeae
Genus: Adina
Species: Adina cordifolia
Name

Adina cordifolia (Roxb.) Hook.f. & Benth., Forest Fl. N.W. India [Brandis]: 263 (1874)

Note: Brandis ascribed the name to these two authors and acknowledged their assistance to his publication at p. xvi. ICN Art. 46.5 states that "A new combination, name at new rank, or replacement name is attributed to the author(s) of the publication in which it appears, although it was ascribed to a different author or different authors, when no separate statement was made that one or more of those authors contributed in some way to that publication."
Typus: W. Roxburgh s.n. (Herb. Smith 316/5, LINN-HS 316.5.(mirror)) fide Ridsdale (1978: 361), Löfstrand & al. (2014).
Type locality: [India. Andhra Pradesh?]: Coromandel, a native of the mountainous parts of this coast.

Synonyms

Basionym
Nauclea cordifolia Roxb., Pl. Coromandel 1(3): 40, t. 53 (1796)
Homotypic
Haldina cordifolia (Roxb.) Ridsdale, Blumea 24(2): 361 (1978); accepted by Govaerts (2003), but not accepted by Löfstrand & al. (2014) [cited as Adina cordifolia]
Heterotypic
Nauclea sterculiifolia A.Rich. ex DC., Prodr. 4: 672 (1830); as N. sterculiæfolia; not accepted by Ridsdale (1978: 361) and Govaerts (2003) [cited as Haldina cordifolia]
Typus: Leschenault s.n. (P) fide Ridsdale (1978: 361).
Type locality: [India.] Courtallum.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate
Regional: China
China South-Central (Yunnan), China Southeast
Continental: Asia-Tropical
Regional: Indian Subcontinent
Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Sri Lanka
Regional: Indo-China
Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
Regional: Malesia
Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Roxburgh, W. 1795-1798. Plants of the Coast of Coromandel; selected from drawings and descriptions presented to the hon. court of directors of the East India Company, / by William Roxburgh, M.D. ; Published, by their order, under the direction of Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P.R.S. ; Vol. I. Fasc. 1: colum. 1-28, lám. 21-25 (V.1795) Fasc. 2: colum. 29-40, lám. 26-50 (XI.1795) Fasc. 3: colum. 41-56, lám. 51-75 (VIII.1796) Fasc. 4: colum. 57-68, lám. 76-100 (I-III.1798) London. Biblioteca Digital. Reference page.
Stewart, J.L. (†) & Brandis, D. 1874. The Forest Flora of North-West and Central India: A Handbook of the Indigenous Trees and Shrubs of those Countries. London: Wm. H. Allen & Co. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

De Candolle, A.P. 1830. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum, generum, specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta. Pars 4: Sistens Calyciflorarum ordines X. 683 pp. Treuttel et Würtz, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Reference page.
Ridsdale, C.E. 1978. A revision of the tribe Naucleeae s.s. (Rubiaceae). Blumea 24(2): 307–366. PDF Reference page.
Govaerts, R.H.A. 2003. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [unavailable for the public] Reference page.
Chen Tao & Taylor, C.M. 2011. Haldina cordifolia . Pp. 146 in Wu, Zh.Y. , Raven, P.H. & Hong, D.Y. (eds.), Flora of China. Volume 19: Cucurbitaceae through Valerianaceae, with Annonaceae and Berberidaceae. Science Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, ISBN 978-1-935641-04-9. efloras PDFReference page.
Löfstrand, S.D., Krüger, Å., Razafimandimbison, S.G. & Bremer, B. 2014. Phylogeny and generic delimitations in the sister tribes Hymenodictyeae and Naucleeae (Rubiaceae). Systematic Botany 39(1): 304–315. DOI: 10.1600/036364414X678116 Open access Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Adina cordifolia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 December 10. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Adina cordifolia. Published online. Accessed: 10 December 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Adina cordifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 December 2021.

Vernacular names
বাংলা: কেলিকদম্ব (Haughton 1833: 793; Das 1937: 571)
हिन्दी: हलदू
ភាសាខ្មែរ: ខ្វាវ
ລາວ: ຂາວ
မြန်မာဘာသာ: နှော
සිංහල: කොළොම්
தமிழ்: மஞ்சக்கடம்பு
తెలుగు: దాడుగచెట్టు
ไทย: ขว้าว
中文: 心叶木