{"id":1275169,"date":"2011-03-03T12:11:46","date_gmt":"2011-03-03T12:11:46","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-24T18:52:21","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T13:22:21","slug":"guazuma-ulmifolia","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/guazuma-ulmifolia\/","title":{"rendered":"Guazuma ulmifolia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Guazuma<\/span><\/i>\u00a0ulmifolia<\/i>\u00a0Lam<\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Encycl. 3: 52 1789<\/cite><\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0(Syn. Guazuma<\/i> guazuma<\/i> var. tomentosa<\/i> (Kunth) Kuntze<\/span><\/a>;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bubroma<\/i> guasuma<\/i> Willd.<\/span><\/a>; Bubroma<\/i> guazuma<\/i> (L.) Willd.<\/span><\/a>; Bubroma<\/i> invira<\/i> Willd.<\/span><\/a>; Bubroma<\/i> polybotryum<\/i> Willd.<\/span><\/a>; Bubroma<\/i> tomentosum<\/i> Spreng.<\/span><\/a>; Bubroma<\/i> ulmifolia<\/i> (Lam.) Oken<\/span><\/a>; Diuroglossum<\/i> rufescens<\/i> Turcz.<\/span><\/a>; Guazuma<\/i> blumei<\/i> G.Don<\/span><\/a>; Guazuma<\/i> burbroma<\/i> Tussac<\/span><\/a>; Guazuma<\/i> coriacea<\/i> Rusby<\/span><\/a>; Guazuma<\/i> guazuma<\/i> (L.) Cockerell<\/span><\/a> [Invalid]; Guazuma<\/i> guazuma<\/i> (L.) Millsp.<\/span><\/a>; Guazuma<\/i> guazuma<\/i> var. ulmifolia<\/i> (Lam.) Kuntze<\/span><\/a>; Guazuma<\/i> invira<\/i> (Willd.) G. Don<\/span><\/a>; Guazuma<\/i> iuvira<\/i> (Willd.) G.Don<\/span><\/a>; Guazuma<\/i> parvifolia<\/i> A.Rich.<\/span><\/a>; Guazuma<\/i> polybotrya<\/i> Cav.<\/span><\/a>; Guazuma<\/i> tomentosa<\/i> Kunth<\/span><\/a>; Guazuma<\/i> tomentosa<\/i> var. cumanensis<\/i> G. Don<\/span><\/a>\u00a0…………; Guazuma<\/i> utilis<\/i> Poepp.<\/span><\/a>; Theobroma<\/i> celtifolium<\/i> Salisb.<\/span><\/a>\u00a0(Unresolved); Theobroma<\/i> guazuma<\/i> L.<\/span><\/a>; Theobroma<\/i> tomentosa<\/i> (Kunth) M. G\u00f3mez<\/span><\/a>);<\/div>\n
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gwa-ZOO-ma — Latinized from the Mexican vernacular name guasima (guacima) <\/span><\/div>\n
ul-mif-FOH-lee-uh — having leaves resembling the Elm genus
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\n<\/span>commonly known as: bastard cedar, bay cedar, musket tree, pigeon wood, pricklenut, West Indian elm \u2022 *<\/span>Bengali<\/b>*: nipaltunth \u2022 *<\/span>Gujarati<\/b>*: \u0aad\u0aa6\u0acd\u0ab0\u0abe\u0a95\u0acd\u0ab7 bhadraksha, \u0a96\u0acb\u0a9f\u0acb \u0ab0\u0ac1\u0aa6\u0acd\u0ab0\u0abe\u0a95\u0acd\u0ab7 khoto rudraksha \u2022 *<\/span>Hindi<\/b>*: \u0930\u0941\u0926\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0915\u094d\u0937 rudraksha \u2022 *<\/span>Kannada<\/b>*: \u0cb0\u0cc1\u0ca6\u0ccd\u0cb0\u0cbe\u0c95\u0ccd\u0cb6\u0cc0 rudrakshi \u2022 *<\/span>Malayalam<\/b>*: \u0d30\u0d41\u0d26\u0d4d\u0d30\u0d3e\u0d15\u0d4d\u0d37\u0d02 <\/span>rudraksham<\/b> \u2022 * <\/span>Marathi<\/b>*: \u0930\u0941\u0926\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0915\u094d\u0937\u0940 rudrakshi \u2022 *<\/span>Sanskrit<\/b>*: \u0930\u0941\u0926\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0915\u094d\u0937 rudraksha \u2022 *<\/span>Tamil<\/b>*: \u0ba4\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bae\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bcd tuppakki-maram \u2022 *Telugu*: \u0c2d\u0c26\u0c4d\u0c30\u0c3e\u0c15\u0c4d\u0c36 bhadraksha, \u0c30\u0c41\u0c26\u0c4d\u0c30\u0c3e\u0c15\u0c4d\u0c36 rudraksha
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Malvaceae week : Guazuma ulmifolia<\/a>:
\nGuazuma ulmifolia
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\n<\/span>Some are from Pune. \u092d\u0926\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0915\u094d\u0937 bhadraksha<\/b> or False Rudraksha<\/b> in Marathi
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A poor man’s Rudraksh<\/span><\/p>\n

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here in Maharashtra its called as Bhadraksha<\/b><\/p>\n

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Malvaceae Fortnight: Guazuma ulmifolia from Delhi-GSJULY33\/33 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments <\/span>(4)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Guazuma ulmifolia<\/i> Lam.<\/div>\n
Common names:\u00a0bastard-cedar<\/span><\/span>, West Indian-elm<\/span><\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
In India often named Rudrasam<\/b> in Tamil, Rudraksham<\/b> in Mal., Rudrakshi<\/b> in Kan., and often confused with real Rudraksh<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
in Rajasthan and Maharashtra it is known as Bhadraksh<\/b><\/span>.<\/span>
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Rudraksh<\/b> is Elaeocarpus angustifolius<\/i>, advertised so commonly on TV
\n<\/span>Badraksh is Guazuma ulmifolia, the poor substitute.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>
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For ID- 181111 NS1:<\/a>
\nThis tree I photographed at Jaipur Zoological park<\/span> on 7.11.11.
\nPlz Id.<\/p>\n

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This could be Guazuma ulmifolia<\/i><\/span> (<\/span><\/span>Family:<\/span> <\/span>Sterculiaceae<\/i>)?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Yes Guazuma ulmifolia<\/i><\/p>\n

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So Is this tree too produces ” rudraksha ‘ ?? I thought ” Elaeocarpus ganitrus<\/i> ” is only rudraksha tree.<\/span><\/p>\n

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THE REAL rudraksha can be a few mm to more than 1 CM and sometimes 2- 3 cms in diameter… <\/span>both sink in water THOUGH …<\/span><\/div>\n
BUT THE SURFACE IS knobby OR LIKE SMALL SHORT PILLARS IN THE Guazuma ulmifolia<\/i> …
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Then poochi maram<\/b> \/ rudraksha<\/b> (kattu) maram<\/b> in Tamil. The tree is supposed to withstand high pollution levels and also filters dust and soot, but not very attractive.<\/span> Grows naturally in Chennai ( wild).<\/span><\/p>\n

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Yes Guazuma ulmifolia<\/i>.
\nEarlier in Sterculiaceae<\/i>.
\nCalled as “Bhadraksha<\/b>” It is pseudo Rudraksha as it resembles one.<\/p>\n

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efloraindia: 011011 BRS 52<\/a>:
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Date\/Time-Location- 30.09.2011, NBNP garden<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Place, Altitude, GPS- <\/span>Anaikatti, Coimbatore Dist., 640 MSL<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Guazuma ulmifolia<\/i>. In Tamil: Rudrakha<\/b> (Not original rudraksha). <\/span>Very common in Tamil Nadu \/ Chennai<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Yes, it is <\/span>Guazuma ulmifolia<\/i> Lamk. commonly called <\/span>West Indian Elm<\/b> and in Tamil as <\/span>Rudrasam<\/b> and in Malayalam as <\/span>Uttharasham<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Yes of course <\/span>Guazuma ulmifolia
\n<\/i>Earlier <\/span>Sterculiaceae<\/i>… Now <\/span>Malvaceae<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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For ID 280513GK : Attachments (1).\u00a0\u00a03 posts by 3 authors.
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\nTree 10-15ft, near railway lines<\/span>, Solapur
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… my guess: <\/span>Guazuma ulmifolia<\/i> of <\/span>Sterculiaceae<\/i> ~ <\/span>Malvaceae<\/i>.
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Yes it is Gauzuma ulmifolia<\/i>.<\/p>\n

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Please ID the following tree.<\/div>\n
according to my identification it is Grewia optiva<\/i>.<\/div>\n
the characters are very similar to Grewia<\/i> except that it is a tree with almost 10 m in height.<\/span><\/div>\n
leaves with dentate margins and very rough. asymmetrical…
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Reminds me of\u00a0Guazuma ulmifolia<\/i>\u00a0Lam.<\/p>\n

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Yes Guazuma ulmifolia<\/i><\/p>\n

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Tree for id: Bangalore SS_200514 : 7 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (3).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Please help me identify this tree from Bangalore.
\nHabit: Small tree<\/span>
\nLocation: Bangalore<\/span> (Roadside in residential area)
\n<\/span>Date : April 20 2014<\/span><\/div>\n
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Looks like Grewia\u00a0asiatica<\/i>, Tiliaceae<\/i><\/p>\n

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Flower looks like Grewia\u00a0asiatica<\/i>\/ G. villosa<\/i>, Tiliaceae<\/p>\n

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guazuma tomentosa<\/i>?<\/p>\n

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This is\u00a0Guazuma ulmifolia<\/i> Lam.<\/p>\n

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this is Guazuma tomentosa<\/i> (False Rudrasha<\/b>)<\/p>\n

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Thanks … This plant is not occur in Bangladesh<\/p>\n

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Tree for ID Pushkar NAW-Aug-01\u00a0: 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2).
\nKindly identify this medium sized tree photographed in a nursery<\/span> in Pushkar, Rajasthan in July 2014.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Guazuma ulmifolia<\/i> Lam.<\/p>\n

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Yes Guazuma ulmifolia<\/i>. Bhadraksha<\/b><\/p>\n

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Thank you Sirs for the identification.
\nfrom the name i recall that i had seen this species earlier in the Jijamata Udyaan, Mumbai<\/span> but it was fruiting then and not flowering.<\/p>\n

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SR2APR2015 Id plz\u00a0: 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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place : kolhapur MH
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Guazuma ulmifolia<\/i> Lam.<\/p>\n

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Guazuma ulmifolia <\/i><\/div>\n
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Malvaceae Fortnight :: Guazuma ulmifolia :: Chennai :: PKAJUL43: : : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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This one is evergreen tree around 10m high<\/span>, leaves alternate 10-20cm, elliptic-lanceolate, serrate.<\/span>
\nLocal name: Rudrakshi<\/b>
\nBot. name: Guazuma ulmifolia
\n<\/i>Family: sterculiaceae<\/i>.
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Malvaceae Week: Guazuma ulmifolia from Delhi<\/span><\/a>: Guazuma ulmifolia<\/i> Lam.<\/div>\n
Common names: bastard-cedar, West Indian-elm<\/b><\/div>\n
In India often named Rudrasam<\/b> in Tamil, Rudraksham<\/b> in Mal., Rudrakshi<\/b> in Kan., and often confused with real Rudraksh in Rajasthan and Maharashtra it is known as Bhadraksh<\/b>.<\/div>\n
Rudraksh<\/b> is Elaeocarpus angustifolius<\/i>, advertised so commonly on TV.<\/span> Badraksh<\/b> is Guazuma ulmifolia<\/i>, the poor substitute.<\/div>\n
Commonly grown<\/span> in Delhi<\/span> in Parks<\/span> and roadsides.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Malvaceae fortnight :: Guazuma ulmifolia :Pune\/IIT Madras :: SMP26<\/a> : 1 post by 1 author. 3 images.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Fruit FOR ID :: Lalbagh Botanical Gardens :: 19 FEB 2017<\/a> : 16 posts by 6 authors. 2 images.<\/div>\n
Lalbagh Botanical Gardens\u00a0Bangalore<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Date<\/b>: 19 FEB 2017\u00a0…\u00a0Altitude<\/b>: ~ 906 m (2972 ft) asl<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Broussonetia papyrifera<\/i>– if I am not mistaken. Paper Mulberry. \u00a0 \u00a0 Lovely pic<\/p>\n

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Many thanks … for suggesting the ID; but I think the fruit and leaves of posted plant differ from that of\u00a0Broussonetia papyrifera<\/i>.
\n<\/span>They remind me of Guazuma ulmifolia<\/i> that I had seen at Rani Bagh in Mumbai, but I do not recollect whether the posted plant is a climber OR a mix of small trees.
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I also think that it is Guazuma ulmifolia<\/i><\/span>.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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Thank you very very much … for your thought.
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Only the star shape at the top of the fruit is looking a bit different from the close ups I have clicked of the same at Lalbagh.
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…, you may please post photo of fruit here just for sake of comparison. It will also help in validation of the ID.<\/p>\n

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Here are a few of my pictures.
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West Indian Elm Tree<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Guazuma<\/i><\/a><\/div>\n
Ulmifolia <\/i>Lam.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Thank you very much … for validating the ID.<\/p>\n

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MS012111 – 8 Gauzuma ulmifolia<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>:
\nGauzuma ulmifolia<\/i>. \u00a0Photos taken \u00a0in Chennai<\/span> on 29.7.2006. \u00a0Medium sized
\n<\/span><\/span>tree. Thenpuchi<\/b> in Tamil<\/span>. Very common in Chennai.<\/span> \u00a0wild as well as\u00a0cultivated.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Guazuma ulmifolia<\/em><\/span>: One more very interesting tree commonly known as Bhadraksh<\/b>, or false rudraksha<\/b>, botanical name Guazuma ulmifolia<\/i> is fruitng very profusely in Rani Bagh, Mumbai<\/span>. I was lucky to get to see some flowers too.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Malvaceae week :: Guazuma ulmifolia<\/span><\/a>:
\nGuazuma ulmifolia<\/i> Lam.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

gwa-ZOO-ma — Latinized from the Mexican vernacular name guasima (guacima)\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
ul-mif-FOH-lee-uh — having leaves resembling the Elm genus<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
[image: Guazuma ulmifolia] <http:\/\/www.google.com\/flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdi…<\/span><\/a>>
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commonly known as: bastard cedar, bay cedar, musket tree, pigeon wood, pricklenut, West Indian elm \u2022 *Bengali<\/b>*: nipaltunth \u2022 *Gujarati<\/b>*: \u0aad\u0aa6\u0acd\u0ab0\u0abe\u0a95\u0acd\u0ab7 bhadraksha, \u0a96\u0acb\u0a9f\u0acb \u0ab0\u0ac1\u0aa6\u0acd\u0ab0\u0abe\u0a95\u0acd\u0ab7 khoto rudraksha \u2022 *Hindi<\/b>*: \u0930\u0941\u0926\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0915\u094d\u0937 rudraksha \u2022 *Kannada<\/b>*: \u0cb0\u0cc1\u0ca6\u0ccd\u0cb0\u0cbe\u0c95\u0ccd\u0cb6\u0cc0 rudrakshi \u2022 *Malayalam<\/b>*: \u0d30\u0d41\u0d26\u0d4d\u0d30\u0d3e\u0d15\u0d4d\u0d37\u0d02 rudraksham<\/b> \u2022 * Marathi<\/b>*: \u0930\u0941\u0926\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0915\u094d\u0937\u0940 rudrakshi \u2022 *Sanskrit<\/b>*: \u0930\u0941\u0926\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0915\u094d\u0937 rudraksha \u2022 *Tamil<\/b>*:
\n\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bae\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bcd tuppakki-maram \u2022 *Telugu*: \u0c2d\u0c26\u0c4d\u0c30\u0c3e\u0c15\u0c4d\u0c36 bhadraksha, \u0c30\u0c41\u0c26\u0c4d\u0c30\u0c3e\u0c15\u0c4d\u0c36 rudraksha<\/div>\n
Native to: central America; cultivated elsewhere<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0– [image: West Indian
\nElm] <http:\/\/www.google.com\/flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdi…<\/span><\/a>>…
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\nMay 10, 2009 at Veermata Jeejabai Bhosale Udyan, Mumbai<\/div>\n
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This is a tree. more than 12 ft at my place<\/span><\/div>\n
It was planted as part of an ayurvedic garden.<\/span><\/div>\n
Was planted 4 years back. Growing well with profuse flowers and fruits.<\/div>\n
The soil in which it is growing is black soil.<\/span><\/div>\n
Growing in Govardhan Eco Village (110km north of Mumbai)<\/span><\/div>\n
I found the pictured seeds when i cut the fruit.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Guazuma ulmifolia<\/em>, Malvaceae<\/em> member,<\/p>\n

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Guazuma ulmifolia. <\/em>A medicinally useful tree.\u00a0Grows in any type of soil.<\/span>
\nwest indies elm, bastard cedar<\/span><\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span>In Marathi it is called ‘Rudrakhsa<\/strong>” Not to be confused with original Rudraksha.\u00a0The fruits resemble rudraksha.\u00a0Tree parts\u00a0used in Siddha and Folk medicines.<\/span>\u00a0Plenty around here and Chennai<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Malvaceae: Guazuma ulmifolia Lam.<\/a>: 1 image.
\nsynonym: Guazuma tomentosa<\/em> Kunth
\nlocation\/date: University of Agricultural Sciences campus, Bangalore, July 1997<\/span><\/p>\n
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References:<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
http:\/\/www.theplantlist.org\/tpl\/record\/kew-2834705<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
http:\/\/www.theplantlist.org\/tpl\/record\/tro-30401519<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
Database entry for Mutamba – Guazuma ulmifolia, Mutamba – Guazuma ulmifolia, Mutamba – Guazuma ulmifolia<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
Mutamba Pictures (Guazuma ulmifolia)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
Guazuma ulmifolia – West Indian Elm<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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