- Family : VERBENACEAE
(Verbena Or Vervain Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : SAGVAN FAMILY (सागवान फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Lamiaceae
- Synonym(s) : Gmelina oblongifolia Roxb.; Gmelina rheedei Hook.; Gmelina sinuata Link; Premna arborea Roth
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Gmelina arborea Roxb.
- Common name : White Teak, Coomb Teak, Candahar tree, Cashmeri teak, Gamari, Kambari
- Vernacular name :
- Gambhari, Gamari (Hindi)
- Shivani (Kannada)
- Gambhari, Kasmari (Sanskrit)
- Shivani, Shivan (Marathi)
- Adavi Gummidi, Gumarthek, Gamar teku, Pasini (Telugu)
- Bhodropornni, Kumar, Gambhari, Sewan (Oria)
- Kumalamaram (Tamil)
- Kumalu, Kumbil, Kumizhanpazham, Kumizhu, Sevana (Malayalam)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Deciduous forests and in the plains
- Comments / notes : Common in all hill ranges in deciduous forests above 400m alt.
- Key identification features : Unarmed. Bark greyish-yellow. Leaves broadly ovate, glabrous above, tomentose below. Flowers yellow, in terminal panicles. Drupe smooth yellow, orange when ripe.
- Flower, Fruit : February-June
- Collector(s) Name : Cecil J. Saldanha
- Collection Date : 26/02/1969
- Collection Nos : CJS 12824
- Collection Locality : Near Bagi, Hassan district
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Srikakulam district, Kurnool district, Vishakapatnam district, Nellore district, Chittoor district, East Godavari district, West Godavari district, Vizianagaram district
- Telangana : Mehboobnagar district, Adilabad district
- Karnataka : Kolar district, Ballari district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Akola district
- Odisha : Ganjam district, Gajapati district, Sambalpur district
- Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Dharmapuri district, Dindigul district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Madurai district, Namakkal district, The Nilgiri district, Salem district, Tirunelveli district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tiruvannamalai district, Virudhunagar district
- Jharkhand :
- Madhya Pradesh : Madhya Pradesh
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Delhi : Delhi
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
- J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
- 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
- N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- Sudhakar Reddy, C et al., 2009. Tree Wealth of Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India
- Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India
- Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 219
- Indigenous Plants at Biodiversity Park, Ranchi - Ranchi Afforestation Division, Forest and Environmental Department, Jharkhand
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Gmelina arborea. Downloaded on 10 October 2024.
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