Thursday, 9 October 2025

Gluta travancorica Bedd.

 

Family: Anacardiaceae 

Vernacular name: Chenkurinji, Thodappa

Habit: Tree

Habitat: Evergreen forests

Distribution: Southern Western Ghats

Flowering & Fruiting: March-January

Key identification features: Large tree with smooth, pinkish-grey bark. Spathulate leaves and cream-coloured flowers. The bark is  smooth, pinkish grey.      

Uses: Timber

No comments:

Post a Comment

Alternanthera ficoidea (L.) P.Beauv.

  Family : Amaranthaceae Synonym :  Achyranthes ficoidea  (L.) Lam ., Alternanthera polygonoides var. ficoidea  (L.) M.Gómez Habit : Herb Ha...