Herbarium JCB

Commiphora caudata var. caudata (Wight & Arn.) Engl.

Family : BURSERACEAE
(BURSERA FAMILY)
Family (as per The Plant List) : Burseraceae
Species : Commiphora caudata
Variety : caudata
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Commiphora caudata (Wight & Arn.) Engl.
Common name : Hill Mango, Green Commiphora
Vernacular name : Konda maavu, Betta maavu (Kan.); Pachaikiluvai (Tam.); Konda regu, Konda mamadi (Tel.); Gogul (Ori.); Iikkatah (San.)
Collection Nos : HJCB-E-52
Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh R., Rajasri Ray & K.R.K.Swamy
Collection Date : 11/09/14
Collection Locality : Alangayam R.F., Javadhu Hills, Tiruvannamalai district, Tamil Nadu State
Habitat : Deciduous forest
Key identification features : A moderate-sized deciduous aromatic unarmed tree with green papery bark turning brown and peels off into thin flakes. Leaves smell like mango leaves upon crushing. Leaves are imparipinnate, compound with 2-5 pairs of leaflets which is glabrous, ovate or orbicular. Flowers are small, many, in long peduncled dichasial cymes up to 5 inches long. Petals-4, inserted on or under the margin of the disk; stamens 8-10, alternately long and short. Fruit a drupe.
Habit : Tree
Flower, Fruit : February-April
Comments : On plains and scrub jungles to 600 m. Often planted in avenues, easily propagated by cuttings.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Pachamalai Hills (Tiruchirapalli district), Javadhu Hills (Tiruvannamalai district, former North Arcot) (Tamil Nadu State); Chittoor district, Kadapa district, Guntur, Visakhapatnam district, Nallamalai Hills (Kurnool district) (Andhra Pradesh State); Keonjhar district, Puri 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 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.; 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=Commiphora caudata var. caudata. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.