- Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
(SPURGE FAMILY)
- Family (as per The Plant List) : Euphorbiaceae
- Species : Trewia nudiflora
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Mallotus nudiflorus (L.) Kulju & Welzen
- Common name : Gamari, Gutel, False White Teak
- Vernacular name : Bhillaura, Gambhar, Pindara, Tumri (Hin.); Kat-kumbla (Kan.); Aattharasu (Tam.); Eerupunanu, Botku (Tel.); Paanigambhari, Pitta khai, Tobu, Mondu (Ori.)
- Key identification features : Small deciduous trees, with young shoots cottony tomentose. Flowers are pale green in colour with male in fascicles, female are long, pedicellate. Solitary or in few flowered racemes. Fruit is tomentose, green when young, glabrous when mature.
- Habit : Tree
- Flower, Fruit : October-March
- Comments : Occasional on hills of dry-evergreen to moist deciduous patches and also along river banks.
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Distribution Locality : Tiruchirapalli district, Tanjavur district (Tamil Nadu State); Srikakulam district, Visakhapatnam district, West Godavari district (Andhra pradesh State); Mayurbhanj district, Ganjam district, Kalahandi district (Odisha State)
- World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Himalaya, South China, Indo-China, Myanmar, Malesia
- Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
- 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=Trewia nudiflora. Downloaded on 27 June 2024.
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