Herbarium JCB

Terminalia crenulata Roth

Family : COMBRETACEAE
Family (As per The Plant List) : Combretaceae
Species : Terminalia crenulata
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Terminalia crenulata Roth (Unresolved name)
Common name : Crocodile Bark tree, Black Murdah
Vernacular name : Chaagkarnah (San.); Ashaina, Kaouha (Hin.); Kari mathi, Kirajul mathi (Kan.)
Collection Nos : KFP 5434, KFP 7887, CJS 13434
Key identification features : A large deciduous tree. Bark is blackish-grey, fissured like a crocodile's back. Leaves are simple, alternate with glands at the base. Flowers are small (less than 1 cm.) and many in a spike. Fruit is a winged capsule.
Habit : Tree
Native : India, Southeast Asia
Comments : Fruit is winged and very attractive when young. Common deciduous species.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Bagalkot, Bangalore, Belgaum, Bellary, Bidar, Bijapur, Chamrajnagar, Chikamagalur, Chikkaballapur, Chitradurga, Dakshina Kannada, Davanagere, Dharwad, Gadag, Gulbarga, Hassan, Haveri, Kodagu, Kolar, Koppal, Mandya, Mysore, Raichur, Ramanagara, Shimoga, Tumkur, Udupi, Uttara Kannada, Yadgir
Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Saldanha, 1996; Gowda, 2004 - Sringeri; Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi