Saurauia roxburghii Wall.

 
  • Family : SAURAUIACEAE
    (Saurauia Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GUGNA FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Actinidiaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Saurauia micrantha Griff.; Saurauia poilanei Gagnep.; Ternstroemia serrata Roxb.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Saurauia roxburghii Wall.
  • Common name : Eastern Gogan
  • Vernacular name :
    • Bon posola, Pani posola (Assamese)
    • Singkrang (Manipuri)
    • Tiar ( Mizo)
    • Dia-ching (Nagamese)
    • Gogan (Nepali:)
    • Bon posola (Bengali)
    • Napkuiwon (Tangkhul)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Key identification features : A gummy or gelatinous substance produced by the leaves is used for preparing hair pomade. Flowers arise in lax clusters of pink flowers. Flowers are very numberous, and the buds looks like pink balls.
  • Flower, Fruit : May-August
  • Distribution :
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
  • Native : India, Bangladesh, Cambodia, East Himalaya, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • Literature :
    • Herbarium collected by Patanjali Bhartiya Ayurvigyan AvUm Anusandhan Sansthan, Haridwar, Uttarkhand
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Saurauia roxburghii. Downloaded on 16 October 2024.

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