• 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 14 November 2024.

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