Chandigarh Forests
Department of Forest & Wildlife
UT Administration
Chandigarh
Department of Forest & Wildlife
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Division
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Angiosperms |
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Class
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Dicotledons |
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Subclass |
Apetalae |
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Order |
Euphorbiales |
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Family
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Euphorbiaceae |
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Genus
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Trewia |
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Species
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nudiflora |
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Etymology:
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In the honour of German Botanist C.J. Trew (1695-1769). |
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Botanical name:
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Trewia nudiflora Linn. |
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Local/Trade Names: |
False White Teak, Gutel. |
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Conservation status: |
Commonly found in damp places and ravines. |
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Digonestic features: |
Bark smooth, thin. |
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Description: |
Medium-sized, deciduous tree. Bark smooth, grey. Leaves 15-22 x 10-17 cm, cordate or broad ovate, glabrous, 3-5. Flowers pale-green, in axillary racemes, appearing before the leaves. Fruit a berry, 2.5-3 cm in diameter, globose, depressed and smooth. |
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Phenology: |
Fls.: March-April. Frts.: June-September. |
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Distribution: |
Throughout the moist and hot parts of India. |
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Where to see it: |
Along with Bulbous Garden and Gate No. 2 side. |
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Uses: |
Wood used for tea-chest, packing-cases, and matches; also used for agricultural implements, dugouts, yokes, drums, barrels, planks, slates and picture frames, carved images, and toys. Poultice of roots applied in gout and rheumatism. Fruits edible. Seds yield a fatty oil. |
