Holigarna caustica

Holigarna caustica (Dennst.) Oken, Allg. Naturgesch. 3(3): 1776 1841. (syn: Hadestaphylum causticum Dennst.; Holigarna caustica (Dennst.) Roxb. ex Greshoff; Holigarna longifolia Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb. (ambiguous synonym));   Myanmar [Burma] (widespread), India (Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Tripura, Maharashtra, Karnataka), Bangladesh as per Catalogue of Life; Common name: Long-Leaf Varnish Tree • Mizo: Katebel • Manipuri: ꯈꯦꯔꯥꯢ […]

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Holigarna ferruginea

Holigarna ferruginea Marchand, Rév. Anacardiac. 171 1869. (Syn: Catutsjeron ferrugineum (Marchand) Kuntze); Images by K. Puttaraju, Identified by K. Gurumurthi Hegde (Inserted by J.M.Garg)     Others Charai, Karunchaarai Tamil Charei   Evergreen trees, to 25 m high, bark greyish-white, smooth; exudation acrid. Leaves simple, alternate, crowded at the tip of branchlets, estipulate; petiole 10-20 […]

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Holigarna grahamii

Holigarna grahamii (Wight) Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 41(2): 305 1872. (syn: Catutsjeron grahamii (Hook.f.) Kuntze; Holigarna grahamii Hook.f. [Illegitimate]; Holigarna wightii N.P.Balakr.; Semecarpus grahamii Wight (Unresolved)); Common name: Blistering Varnish Tree • Kannada: doddaela holegaara, kankana gaala • Malayalam: Nai-cheru, Vellacheru, Balwuli, Cheru, Bipti • Marathi: biboi . Habit- Large trees, […]

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Holigarna arnottiana

Holigarna arnottiana Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 36 1876. (Syn: Catutsjeron arnottianum (Hook.f.) Kuntze; Mangifera racemosa Lam. (Unresolved)); . ¿ ho-lee-GAR-nuh ? — perhaps from the name of the plant in Kannada, holageru ar-not-ee-AH-nuh — named for G A Walker-Arnott, Scottish botanist … Dave’s Botanary . commonly known as: black varnish tree, Malabar marking nut • […]

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