- Family : DIPTEROCARPACEAE
- Family (as per The Plant List) : Dipterocarpaceae
- Species : Shorea tumbuggaia
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Unresolved
- Common name : Sal wood tree, Green Damar
- Vernacular name : Tambagam (Tam.); Tamba Jalari, Thamba (Tel.)
- Endemism : South India
- Key identification features : A tall deciduous tree up to 20 m. Bark dark brown, longitudinally fissured, wood brown. Branchlets tomentose, leaves ovate, coriaceous, leaf base rounded, margin entire, apex acuminate, petiole up to 5 cm long, secondary nerves 8-10 pairs. Inflorescence terminal panicle. Flowers white, fragrant, capsule yellowish, wings unequal, dark brown, spathulate, to 5 cm long.
- Habit : Tree
- Flower, Fruit : March-August
- Native : India
- Comments : Rare, in deciduous forests on hills up to 1000 m of Central and southern Eastern Ghats. Wood is used for construction.
- Conservation Status : Data Deficient (DD)
- Distribution Locality : Chamarajnagar district (Karnataka State); Kanchipuram district, Tiruvannamalai district, Chitterri Hills (Vellore district, former North Arcot), Dharmapuri Hills (Dharmapuri district) (Tamil Nadu State); Talakona RF, Tirumala Hills (Chittoor district), Nellore district, Sesachalam Hills (KDP, CTR), Veligonda (Kadapa district) (Andhra Pradesh State)
- World Distribution : India
- Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; Franklin Benjamin & G.V.S.Murthy, 2013. Flora of Sri Venkateswara National Park, Andhra Pradesh, BSI.
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Shorea tumbuggaia. Downloaded on 30 June 2024.
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