Herbarium JCB

Holigarna arnottiana J. Hooker

Family : ANACARDIACEAE
Family (As per The Plant List) : Anacardiaceae
Species : Holigarna arnottiana
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Holigarna arnottiana Hook.f.
Common name : Jungle Marking nut
Vernacular name : Sanna holegare (Kan.)
Collection Nos : KFP 5128, KFP 5326
Endemism : Western Ghats
Key identification features : A large tree of evergreen and semi evergreen forests. Leaves are simple, obovate, or oblanceolate, upto 10 cm long, leathery with a pair of deciduous spurs on the petiole; main nerves are 16-20 pairs. Inflorescence is a panicle with a pale golden brown tomentum. Fruit is an elliposoidal drupe (Gamble).
Habit : Tree
Native : India
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Bangalore, Chikamagalur, Dakshina Kannada, Hassan, Kodagu, Mysore, Shimoga, Udupi, Uttara Kannada
Floras referred : Saldanha, 1996; Gowda, 2004 - Sringeri; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi