Name - जिङ्गिनी
Botanical name - Lannea coromandelica
Description - Medium-sized or large deciduous tree; bark grey or whitish, smooth. Leaves imparipinnate. Flowers small, yellowish or purple, in racemes. Drupe reddish, fleshy, reniform.
Chemical Constituents- Bark contains 1-epicatechin and leucocyanidin. Stem bark contains phlobotannins, hydroxyanthraquinones. Leaves contain quercetin, rutin, leucocyanidin and leucodelphinidin. Flowers contain quercetin, isoquercetrin, morin and ellagic acid.
Use - Bark astringent; yields a gum known as Jingani gum.
