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A lofty tree that exudes a black, juicy latex; the bark is smooth. Young leaves have ciliate margins with long hairs, while mature leaves are pubescent on the underside, with 20–30 pairs of lateral nerves |
A lofty tree that exudes a black, juicy latex; the bark is smooth. Young leaves have ciliate margins with long hairs, while mature leaves are pubescent on the underside, with 20–30 pairs of lateral nerves petiole is long, slender, and persistent <ref>Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Holigarna beddomei. Downloaded on 14 October 2025.</ref>. |
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Frequent in evergreen forests of South West India <ref>Manjunath, K.M., Shashwathi, H.S., Jain, H.R. and Krishnamurthy, Y.L., 2024. The genus Holigarna Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb.(Anacardiaceae) in the central Western Ghats, Karnataka, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 16(1), pp.24469-24484.</ref>. |
Frequent in evergreen forests of South West India <ref>Manjunath, K.M., Shashwathi, H.S., Jain, H.R. and Krishnamurthy, Y.L., 2024. The genus Holigarna Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb.(Anacardiaceae) in the central Western Ghats, Karnataka, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 16(1), pp.24469-24484.</ref>. |
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Latest revision as of 09:30, 14 October 2025
Species of flowering plant
Holigarna beddomei is a deciduous tree belonging to family Anacardiaceae [1]. Native to the Western Ghats of southwestern India, it grows as a large tree up to 35 meters tall in seasonally dry tropical forests and is notable for exuding a black, juicy latex from its smooth bark.
A lofty tree that exudes a black, juicy latex; the bark is smooth. Young leaves have ciliate margins with long hairs, while mature leaves are pubescent on the underside, with 20–30 pairs of lateral nerves; the petiole is long, slender, and persistent [2].
Frequent in evergreen forests of South West India [3].
Flowering: February–March; Fruiting: April–June [4].
- ^ “Holigarna beddomei Hook.f. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science”. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2025-10-14.
- ^ Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Holigarna beddomei. Downloaded on 14 October 2025.
- ^ Manjunath, K.M., Shashwathi, H.S., Jain, H.R. and Krishnamurthy, Y.L., 2024. The genus Holigarna Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb.(Anacardiaceae) in the central Western Ghats, Karnataka, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 16(1), pp.24469-24484.
- ^ Gamble, J.S. (1918). Flora of the Presidency of Madras. Adlard & Son Ltd., 408 pp.
