- 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 IPNI) : Semecarpus anacardium L.f.
- Common name : Indian Marking Nut Tree, Oriental Cashew Nut, Dhobi Nut Tree
- Vernacular name :
- Bhelwa, Bhelva (Hindi)
- Kari geru (Kannada)
- Nallajidi, Bhallatiki, Chakalijidi (Telugu)
- Bhalia, Balia (Oria)
- Bhalataka (Sanskrit)
- Bibba (Marathi)
- Alakkucheru, Cherkuru, Cheru, Cherumaram, Perkuru, Sambiri, Temprakku, Thenkotta (Malayalam)
- Cheran kottai, Shen kottai, Sheru, Thembarai (Tamil)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Tropical moist deciduous forests, Tropical semi-evergreen forests, on hills to 1000 m, Tropical dry evergreen forests
- Comments / notes : Common in deciduous forests
- Key identification features : Medium sized tree; drupes black, obliquely oblong, seated on a triangular orange-coloured fleshy receptacle
- Flower, Fruit : July-April
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, East Godavari district, Kurnool district, Srikakulam district, West Godavari district, Vishakapatnam district
- Karnataka : Ballari district, Kolar district
- Kerala : Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Kottayam district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Maharashtra : Akola district
- Odisha : Mayurbhanj district
- Tamil Nadu : Vellore district, Salem district, Tiruchirapalli district, Dindigul district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Coimbatore district, Kanyakumari district, The Nilgiri district, Tiruvannamalai district, Dharmapuri district, Villipuram district, Cuddalore district
- Madhya Pradesh : Madhya Pradesh
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal
- 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
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- Sankar,R.V., R. Kottaimuthu & K. Ravikumar (2009). Additions to the flora of Sirumalai Hills, Eastern Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 1(7): 379-381.
- 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.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Semecarpus anacardium. Downloaded on 12 October 2024.
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