• Family : TAMARICACEAE
  (Tamarisk Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : FARASH FAMILY (फ़राश फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : TAMARICACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Tamarix gallica var. indica (Willd.) Ehrenb.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Tamarix indica Willd.
• Common name : The Tamarisk
• Vernacular name : Jhau, Jhar (Hindi); Jalgura, Jaula (Oria); Jhau, Jhau rajhad, Lai (Marathi); Kori (Tamil); Paluvi (Telugu)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : On sandy river beds
• Key identification features : Bark rough, greenish-brown; young branch reddish-brown, smooth with small whitish specks
• Flower, Fruit : May-September
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, East Godavari district, West Godavari district
  • Kerala : Palakkad district
  • Odisha : Cuttack district, Tidal forests of Mahanadi, Koraput district, Kendrapara district
  • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Thanjavur district, Tiruchirapalli district
• Endemism : South India
• World Distribution : South Asia
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; 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=Tamarix troupii. Downloaded on 23 November 2024.

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