- Family : SAURAUIACEAE
(Saurauia Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : GUGNA FAMILY
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Actinidiaceae
- Synonym(s) : Saurauia napaulensis var. montana C.F.Liang & Y.S.Wang; Saurauia napaulensis var. omeiensis C.F.Liang & Y.S.Wang; Saurauia paniculata Wall. ex G.Don; Saurauia sterculifolia Griff.; Tonshia polypetala Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don; Ternstroemia racemosa D.Don; Zanthoxylum serra Turcz.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Saurauia napaulensis DC.
- Vernacular name :
- Gogina, Pangara, Gogand (Hindi)
- Gogun (Nepali)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Tropical to Subtropical broad-leaved hill forests, altitude 750-2100 m.
- Comments / notes : Often planted at higher elevations
- Key identification features : Flowers pink; Fruits green with red brown seeds.
- Flower, Fruit : January-August
- Distribution :
- Kerala : Kerala
- Tamil Nadu : Tamil Nadu
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Himachal Pradesh : Chamba district
- Arunachal Pradesh : Lohit district,Dibang Valley district
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
- Literature :
- Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 84
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Flora of Himachal Pradesh. Volume 1, Botanical Survey of India, 1984. Pg.: 110
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Saurauia napaulensis. Downloaded on 16 February 2025.
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