Herbarium JCB

Gmelina arborea Roxb.

Family : VERBENACEAE
Family (As per The Plant List) : Lamiaceae
Species : Gmelina arborea
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Gmelina arborea Roxb.
Common name : White Teak, Coomb Teak
Vernacular name : Gambhari, Kasmari (San.); Gambhari, Gamari (Hin.); Shivani, (Kan.)
Collection Nos : CJS 12824, CJS 16581
Key identification features : A large deciduous tree with a broad crown. Young twigs are angular and square in section. Leaves are long-stalked, broadly heart-shaped and are arranged in opposite pairs. Flowers (about 3 cm.) arise in branching clusters towards the end of twigs, trumpet-shaped, predominantly brown and yellow-tinged. The free end of the flower has a gaping mouth. Fruit is ovoid, 2-3 cm. long and yellow when ripe. Bark relatively smooth, yellowish-brown and lenticellate and corky.
Habit : Tree
Native : India
Comments : Wood used in making of boats, toys, musical instruments, door frames and for carvings.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Bangalore, Chikamagalur, Davanagere, Gulbarga, Hassan, Kodagu, Kolar, Mysore, Shimoga, Tumkur, Udupi, Uttara Kannada
Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Gowda, 2004 - Sringeri; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Bangalore; Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara