- Family : CLUSIACEAE
(Garcinia Or Kokam Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : KOKAM FAMILY (कोकम फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : CLUSIACEAE
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Garcinia cowa Roxb. ex Choisy
- Common name : Beach Calophyllum, Borneo Mahogany, Cowa fruit, Cowa mangosteen
- Vernacular name : Kataphal, Kowa (Hindi); Sankadu, Sarbana, Rajkusuma (Oria); Kowa (Malayalam)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Evergreen and shola forests along streams
- Comments / notes : The acidic fruits are eaten
- Flower, Fruit : December-September
- Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh, Raja K. Swamy & Navendu Page
- Collection Date : 27/02/2016
- Collection Nos : HJCB-0529
- Collection Locality : Barbera forest, Khurda district (OD)
- Distribution :
- Kerala : Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Idukki district
- Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Angul district, Sundergarh district
- Tamil Nadu : The Nilgiri district, Tirunelveli district
- World Distribution : India, Andamans (India) Myanmar, Bangladesh, Yunnan, Thailand
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; 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=Garcinia cowa. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.
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