- Family : DIPTEROCARPACEAE
(Dipterocarpus Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : SAKHU FAMILY
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Dipterocarpaceae
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Shorea tumbuggaia Roxb.
- Common name : Salwood tree, Green dammar
- Vernacular name :
- Tamba Jalari (Hindi)
- Tamba Jalari, Tamba (Telugu)
- Tambagam (Tamil)
- Habit : Tree
- Comments / notes : Endemic to southern Eastern Ghats up to 1000m. Wood is used for construction.
- Key identification features : A tall deciduous tree up to 20m. Bark dark brown, longitudinally fissured, wood brown. Branchlets tomentose, leaves ovate, coriaceous, leaf base rounded, margin entire, apex acuminate, petiole up to 5 cm long, secondary nerves 8-10 pairs. Inflorescence terminal panicle. Flowers white, fragrant, capsule yellowish, wings unequal, dark brown, spathulate, to 5 cm long.
- Flower, Fruit : March-August
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Talakona RF (Chittoor district), Nellore district (Nellore district), Kadapa district (Kadapa district), Sesachalam Hills (Kadapa district, Chittoor district), Veligonda (Kadapa district), Tirumala Hills (Chittoor district)
- Karnataka : Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Udupi district, Chamarajanagar district
- Tamil Nadu : Kanchipuram district (Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district), Tiruvannamalai district (Tiruvannamalai district), Vellore district, Dharmapuri Hills (Dharmapuri district), Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district
- Native : India
- Endemism : South India (Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu)
- World Distribution : India
- Conservation Status : Data Deficient (DD)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1
- Sudhakar Reddy, C et al., 2009. Tree Wealth of Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India
- Franklin Benjamin & G.V.S.Murthy, 2013. Flora of Sri Venkateswara National Park, Andhra Pradesh, BSI
- 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=Shorea tumbuggaia. Downloaded on 9 October 2024.
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