Mammea suriga (Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb.) Kosterm.

 
  • Family : CLUSIACEAE
    (Garcinia Or Kokam Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KOKAM FAMILY (कोकम फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : CALOPHYLLACEAE
  • Basionym : Calophyllum suriga Buch.-Ham.
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Unresolved name
  • Vernacular name : Suragi (Kannada); Churiana (Oria); Narkesar, Punnag, Surang, Suringi, tambra (Marathi)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Comments / notes : Considered as a sacred tree and planted in and around places of worship.
  • Flower, Fruit : January-May
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Hassan district, Kolar district
    • Maharashtra : Mumbai Suburban district, Kolhapur district, Pune district, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Sindhudurg district, Thane district
    • Odisha : Puri district, Ganjam district, Khurda district
    • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, The Nilgiri district
  • World Distribution : India, Madagascar, West Africa
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
  • 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=Mammea suriga. Downloaded on 3 April 2025.

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