Semecarpus auriculata Bedd.

 
  • 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 auriculatus Bedd.
  • Vernacular name :
    • Vellacheru, Charei, Charu (Malayalam)
    • Velleicharei (Tamil)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests
  • Key identification features : Large handsome tree; bark smooth, grey
  • Flower, Fruit : November-March
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Kodagu (Coorg) district, Shivamogga district
    • Kerala : Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Idukki district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Tamil Nadu : Tirunelveli district
  • Native : India
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • Endemism : Southern Western Ghats
  • World Distribution : India
  • Conservation Status : Near Threatened (NT)
  • Literature :
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Semecarpus auriculata. Downloaded on 6 October 2024.

Field Image(s)

Habitat

India Distribution

World Distribution

Creative Commons License
India Flora Online by Herbarium JCB is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.