• Family : BURSERACEAE
  (Bursera Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : SALAI FAMILY
• Family (as per The APG System III) : BURSERACEAE
• Basionym : Protium caudatum Wight & Arn.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Commiphora caudata (Wight & Arn.) Engl.
• Common name : Hill Mango
• Vernacular name : Konda maavu, Betta maavu (Kannada); Pachaikiluvai, Kiluvai (Tamil); Konda mamadi (Telugu); Gogul (Oria); Iikkatah (Sanskrit); Idinjil, Kilimaram, Kilippanjimaram, Kizhingil, Kizhuvam (Malayalam)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Deciduous forests and dry forests
• Comments / notes : On plains and scrub jungles, dry deciduous forests to 600m. often planted by avenues, propogated by cuttings
• Key identification features : Aromatic tree with green bark turning brown or light yellow, peels off in thin flakes. Leaves smell like mango on crushing
• Flower, Fruit : February-May
• Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh, Rajasri Ray & Raja K.Swamy
• Collection Date : 11/09/2014
• Collection Nos : HJCB-E-52
• Collection Locality : Alangayam R.F., Jawadhu Hills, Tiruvannamalai district (TN)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Kadapa district, Guntur district, Vishakapatnam district, Kurnool district
  • Karnataka : Ballari district, BDR, Raichur district, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) district, Vijayapura (Bijapur) district, Koppal district
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Odisha : Keonjhar district, Puri district
  • Tamil Nadu : all districts of Tamil Nadu
• Native : India
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Neginhal, S.G. 2011. Forest trees of the Western Ghats includes Eastern Ghats Deccan Plateau; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Commiphora caudata var. caudata. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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