Herbarium JCB

Chloroxylon swietenia DC.

Family : RUTACEAE
Family (As per The Plant List) : Rutaceae
Species : Chloroxylon swietenia
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Chloroxylon swietenia DC.
Common name : Indian Satin wood Tree
Vernacular name : Bhivia (Hin.); Huragalu mara, Masivala mara (Kan.)
Collection Nos : KFP 11008, KFP 11406
Key identification features : A moderate-sized deciduous tree. Bark is light grey, soft, corky and fissured. Bark and blaze aromatic. Leaves are pinnate with 10-20 pairs, often clustered towards the apex. Leaflets are oblique and gland-dotted. Inflorescence is a panicle, flower is pedicelled with sepals and petals 5 each, petals are white and clawed with 10-lobed disk. Stamens are 10, free and dimorphic, inserted between the lobes of the disk. Ovary is partly immersed in the disk. Fruit is a loculicidal capsule.
Habit : Tree
Native : India,Sri Lanka, South-east Asia
Comments : Great demand for agricultural implements
Conservation Status : Vulnerable (VU)
Distribution Locality : Belgaum, Bellary, Bidar, Bijapur, Davanagere, Dharwad, Gulbarga, Hassan, Raichur, Tumkur, Uttara Kannada
Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Saldanha, 1996; Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere