Appearance
It is a large shrub or small tree. Its bark and branches are very hard. That is why it is called Ironwood. Leaves are simple, opposite type. Leaves contain glucose. Flowers are blue coloured and produced in cymose umbels. The fruit is round berry bluish-black in colour. Flowering time is February to March.Naming
*Botanical Name : Memecylon umbellatum⤷ English : Ironwood
⤷ Sinhala : කොරකහ
⤷ Sanskrit : अंजन
⤷ Hindi : अंजन
⤷ Marathi : अंजनी
⤷ Konkani : काळ्यो आंक्र्यो
⤷ Kannada : ಒಳ್ಳಯ ಕುಡಿ
⤷ Telugu : అల్లి
⤷ Tamil : காயா
⤷ Malayalam : കാഞ്ഞാവ്, കായാമ്പൂ, കാശാവ്
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