Family: Combretaceae

Genus: Anogueissus

Species: latifolia

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000916

Common name: Button tree

English name: Axlewood

Arabic name: انوجيسس

Native: India, Nepal, Myanmar and Sri Lanka

Country: India Myanmar Nepal Sri Lanka

(PGR): Rare

Deciduous tree growing up to 20 m tall leaves opposite, simple, entire, exstipulate with grayish- yellow hairs below flowers sessile in dense, globose heads on an axillary or terminal peduncle fruit 2- winged , 1-seeds 

Ornamental tree. Flowers important pollen source fo bees. The gum that exudes from the trunk, known as ‘ghatti gum’. It is a good substitute for gum Arabic and is used in calico printing, for sweetmeats, in dye processes, and as a binding agent in pharmaceuticals. Yields good charcoal and firewood.The leaves and bark are used for tanning, the leaves yield a black dye that is used commercially in India.

Texture: Loam Mildly acidic soils Moist Rocky  Sandy alluvia

Salinity: Intermediated

Water Sources: Drought-tolerant plant

Climates: Subtropics Tropical

Lights: Full sun Light shade

Propagation: Seeds, cuttings

Flowering time: Summer

Zone: 9 : 11

pH range: 5.0-7.0

Status: Rare

Life span: Perennial

Habits: Deciduous (tree)

Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated

Collecting Sources: Botanical garden

Plant Uses: Firewood Ornamental Tannin Wood and Timber

Plant Populations density: Cultivated

Vegetation types: Deciduous tree

pH: Mild acid Neutral