Herbarium JCB

Bischofia javanica Blume

Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
Family (As per The Plant List) : Euphorbiaceae
Species : Bischofia javanica
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Bischofia javanica Blume
Common name : Bishop Wood
Vernacular name : Gobra neerale (Kan.), Kein (Hin.)
Collection Nos : KFP 12075, CJS 12373, CJS 16414
Collector(s) Name : C.J.Saldanha
Key identification features : A lofty deciduous tree that grows up to 35 m. Bark is dark-brown or grey that peels-off into angular scales. Leaves are palmately compound. Leaflets 3-5, ovate or ovate-oblong and shiny. Flowers are small, greenish-yellow in a terminal panicle. Male flowers are minute and female flowers of 0.5 cm diameter. Fruit is a smooth globose berry. Seeds are trigonous and shiny. Stem exudes red juice when cut.
Habit : Tree
Native : Indo-Malayan
Comments : Stem (Heartwood) exudes red juice when cut and smells strongly of vinegar.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Collection Locality : Shiradi Ghat (Hassan)
Distribution Locality : Chikamagalur, Davanagere, Hassan, Kodagu, Mysore
Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Saldanha, 1996; Gowda, 2004 - Sringeri; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere