Herbarium JCB

Buchanania axillaris (Desr.) Ramamoorthy

Family : ANACARDIACEAE
(Cashew Or Mango Or Sumac Family)
Family (Hindi name) : AAM FAMILY (आम फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : ANACARDIACEAE
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Buchanania axillaris (Desr.) Ramamoorthy
Common name : Cuddapah Almond
Vernacular name : Yemme murukalu gida, Maradi mara (Kannada); Kattuma, Kolamaavu, Mudamaa, Sara paruppu, Kola-mavu, Kattuma, Mudama (Tamil); Malamavu (Malayalam); Sarapappu, Chara (Telugu)
Habit : Tree
Habitat : Dry deciduous forests
Comments / notes : On hills of deciduous, evergreen forests up to 1000m. The nuts are esteemed rosted and eaten
Key identification features : Bark rough deeply fissured, black-brown. Gals freequent on leaves. Drupes obliquely-ovoid, compressed
Flower, Fruit : March-December
Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Kurnool district, Kadapa district, Srikakulam district, Vishakapatnam district
- Karnataka : Ballari district, Kolar district
- Kerala : Kottayam district
- Tamil Nadu : Namakkal district, Salem district, Vellore district, Tiruchirapalli district, Dharmapuri district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Coimbatore district, Madurai district, Tiruvannamalai district, Villipuram district, Cuddalore district
Native : India, Sri Lanka
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; 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; Naidu, M.T. & O.A. Kumar 2015. Tree species diversity in the Eastern Ghats of Northern Andhra Pradesh, India. JoTT 7 (8): 7443-7459; 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=Buchanania axillaris. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.