- 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) : Buchanania axillaris (Desr.) Ramamoorthy
- Common name : Cuddapah Almond
- Vernacular name :
- Yemme murukalu gida, Maradi mara (Kannada)
- Kattuma, Kolamaavu, Mudamaa, Sara paruppu, Kola-mavu, Kattuma, Mudama (Tamil)
- Malamavu (Malayalam)
- Sarapappu, Chara (Telugu)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Tropical dry deciduous forests
- Comments / notes : On hills of deciduous, evergreen forests up to 1000m. The nuts are esteemed rosted and eaten
- Key identification features : Bark rough deeply fissured, black-brown. Gals freequent on leaves. Drupes obliquely-ovoid, compressed
- Flower, Fruit : March-December
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Kurnool district, Kadapa district, Srikakulam district, Vishakapatnam district
- Karnataka : Ballari district, Kolar district
- Kerala : Kottayam district
- Tamil Nadu : Namakkal district, Salem district, Vellore district, Tiruchirapalli district, Dharmapuri district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Coimbatore district, Madurai district, Tiruvannamalai district, Villipuram district, Cuddalore district
- Native : India, Sri Lanka
- World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
- 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
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- 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=Buchanania axillaris. Downloaded on 26 July 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Line Drawings
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Field Image(s)
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Habitat
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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