Vateria indica L.

 
  • Family : DIPTEROCARPACEAE
    (Dipterocarpus Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : SAKHU FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Dipterocarpaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Vateria malabarica Blume
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Vateria indica L.
  • Common name : Indian Copal Tree, White dammer, Piney Varnish
  • Vernacular name :
    • Sarja (Sanskrit)
    • Safeddammar (Hindi)
    • Chandalika, Dhupadamara (Kannada)
    • Vallei (Tamil)
    • Dhup (Marathi)
    • Pandam, Payin, Painimaram, Perumpiney, Vellappayin, Vellathelly, Vellakundirikkam (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests, Tropical semi-evergreen forests at elevations 40-840 m, also in the plains
  • Comments / notes : Yields resin used as varnish; Seeds yield a buttery substance used in candle making, in soap industry and in confectionery
  • Flower, Fruit : March-August
  • Collection Nos : KFP 6903, KFP 11677
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Mysuru district, Udupi district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Davanagare district, Dakshina Kannada district, Chikkamagaluru district, Uttara Kannada district
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Maharashtra : Satara district, Kolhapur district
    • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Tirunelveli district
  • Native : India
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • Endemism : Western Ghats
  • World Distribution : India
  • Conservation Status : Critically Endangered (CR)
  • Literature :
    • Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka
    • Flora of Karnataka, Saldanha, 1984
    • Balakrishna Gowda & A.N. Sringesh 2004 – Flora of Sringeri (checklist unpublished)
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg district
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi district
    • Manjunath et al., 2003 - Flora of Davanagere district
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1
    • Navendu Page (2017). Endemic woody plants of the Western Ghats.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Vateria indica. Downloaded on 5 November 2024.

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