Gymnacranthera canarica (King) Warb.

 
  • Family : MYRISTICACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Myristicaceae
  • Species : Gymnacranthera canarica
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Gymnacranthera canarica (King) Warb.
  • Vernacular name : Pindi (Kan.)
  • Endemism : Western Ghats
  • Key identification features : Trees with loop-like breathing roots. Leaves large, glaucous beneath, bark brown. Male flowers small yellow, in much branched axillary panicles. Female flowers larger. Fruit globose.
  • Habit : Tree
  • Native : India
  • Comments : Occasional in forests of Western Ghats.
  • Conservation Status : Vulnerable (VU)
  • Distribution Locality : Dakshina Kannada
  • Floras referred : Sharma B.D, 1984 - Flora of Karnataka Analysis; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara

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