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PADMAKA
BOTANICAL NAME: Prunus cerasoides D. Don
Syn. P. puddum Roxb. ex Wall. Brandis
FAMILY: Rosaceae
CLASSICAL NAMES
Padmaka (C.S.;S.S.;A.H.)
SYNONYMS
Charu, Hima, Kaidara, Kedaraja, Malaya, Maleyo, Padmagandhi,
Padmakashtha, Padmaksha, Padmavhaya, Padmavriksha,
Patalapushpavarnaka, Patalaputrasanibha, Pita, Pitaka, Pitarakta,
Rakta, Shitala, Shitavirya, Shubha, Sugrabha, Suratbhav, Suprabha
(Sharma, 1978; D.N., 1982; B.N., 1982; R.N., 1982).
VERNACULAR NAMES
Eng.- Himalayan wild cherry, Bird cherry. Hindi- Padmakatha, Paddam,
Phaya, Padamakha, Padmakath, Padamak, Phaja, Padmakashtta,
Pajia, Paya. Beng.- Padmak, Padmakashtha. Guj.- Padmakathi,
Padmakanu lakadu, Padmakashtha, Padmak. Kan.- Padamaka. Mar.-
Padmakastha, Padmaka, Padmakasta. Punj.- Paja, Chabheearee,
Amalguckr, Chamiari, Paddam, Pajja, Pajia. Tam.- Patumugam.
Lepcha :- Kongki. Assam- Dieng sohiongkrem. Burm.- Panni. Kumaon -
Paddam, Paiya, Puya, Padam. Nepal- Paiyung (Kirtikar and Basu,
1989; B.N, 1982; Chopra et al., 1958, 1986; Anonymous, 1969;
Anonymous, 2000a; Anonymous, 1995; Sharma, 1978; Chatterjee and
Pakrashi, 1992; Watt, 1972; Vaidya, 1968).
BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION
A middle sized or large tree, bark smooth, brown, peeling off in horizontal
strips exposing a shining copper coloured surface. Leaves membranous,
ovate-lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, blade 7.5-12.5 cm, glossy, nearly
glabrous, margin sharply serrate, with one or more conspicuous glands on the
petiole. Stipules long, 3-5 parted, glandular, fringed. Flowers white, pink or
crimson 2.5 cm in diameter in umbellate fascicles, peduncles long. Drupes
ovoid, oblong or ellipsoid, 1.25-2 cm long, obtuse at both ends, yellow or
reddish; stone ovoid, wrinkled and furrowed, pulp very little. Flowering and
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