• Family : ANACARDIACEAE
  (MANGO FAMILY or CASHEW FAMILY or SUMAC FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Anacardiaceae
• Species : Buchanania axillaris
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Buchanania axillaris (Desr.) Ramamoorthy
• Common name : Kadapa Almond, Cuddapah Almond
• Vernacular name : Yemme murukalugida. Maradi mara (Kan.); Kattuma, Kolamaavu, Mudamaa, Saraparuppu, Kola-mavu, Kattuma, Mudama (Tam.); Sarapapu, Chara (Tel.)
• Key identification features : Medium to large size tree. Bark rough, deeply fissured, black-brown. Galls frequent on leaves.
• Habit : Tree
• Flower, Fruit : May-December
• Comments : On hills of dry deciduous forests up to 1000 m. The nuts are highly esteemed, roasted and eaten.
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Distribution Locality : Bellary district, Kolar district (Karnataka State); Tamil Nadu State; Tirumala Hills (Chittoor district), Rollapenta Hills (Kurnool district), Rayachoti Range (Kadapa district), Srikakulam district, Visakhapatnam district (Andhra Pradesh 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 ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.; Naidu, M.T. & O.A. Kumar (2015). Tree species diversity in the Eastern Ghats of northern Andhra Pradesh, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 7(8): 7443-7459
• 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=Buchanania axillaris. Downloaded on 1 February 2025.

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