Herbarium JCB

Soymida febrifuga (Roxb.) A.Juss.

Family : MELIACEAE
(MAHOGANY FAMILY OR NEEM FAMILY)
Family (as per The Plant List) : Meliaceae
Species : Soymida febrifuga
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Soymida febrifuga (Roxb.) A. Juss.
Common name : Indian Mahogany, Indian Redwood
Vernacular name : Rohan (Hin.); Swami mara, Sombi mara, Somee mara (Kan.); Sittathi, Semmaram, Somimaram, Vadamalaichekku (Tam.); Somothi, Sumi, Somi (Tel.); Rohini, Sawan, Sohan, Swam (Ori.)
Collection Nos : FAP 41804; HJCB-0465
Collector(s) Name : K.R.K.Swamy; Navendu Page, Arun Singh R., K.R.K.Swamy & K.Sankara Rao
Collection Date : 07/01/2011; 24/02/16
Collection Locality : Mobbuchintalapalle, Kadapa district, Andhra Pradesh State; Chandaka-Dampada Wildlife Sanctuary, Khurda district, Odisha State
Habitat : Deciduous forest
Key identification features : A moderate size deciduous tree. Bark bitter, bluish-grey, dark brown or greyish-brown, thick, exfoliating in large plates. Sapwood small, whitish.
Habit : Tree
Flower, Fruit : February-July
Comments : Frequent in mixed deciduous forests. The tree is drought and fire resistant. Bark is used as a febrifuge in diarrhoea and dysentry. Wood takes fine polish, so used for furniture.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Kakkupe R.F. (Bellary district) (Karnataka State); Kalrayan Hills (Salem district), Melagiri Hills (Dharmapuri district), Kanchipuram district (Tamil Nadu State); Srikakulam district, West Godavari district, Kadapa district, Nallamalai Hills (Kurnool district), Visakhapatnam district, Sesachalam Hills (Chittoor district) (Andhra Pradesh State); Puri district, Angul district, Chandaka Wildlife Sanctuary (Khurda district), Parlakhemundi Hills (Gajapati district), Ganjam district, Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district) (Odisha State)
World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District ; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.; Neginhal, S.G., Forest Trees of the Western Ghats includes Eastern Ghats and Deccan Plateau. 2011.
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=Soymida febrifuga. Downloaded on 4 July 2024.