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Commiphora caudata (Wight & Arn.) Engl.
var. caudata
Synonym : Protium caudatum Wight
& Arn.
Family
: Burseraceae
Local Names
: Kilimaram, Kilippanjimaram,
Kizhingil, Hill mango
Flowering
and fruiting period:
March - October
Distribution: India and Sri Lanka
Habitat: Dry deciduous forests, also grown in the
plains
IUCN
status:
Data Deficient
Endemic:
No
Uses: Ayurvedic, The
endosperm obtained from four or five fresh or dried seeds is taken two times a
day for two to three days to relieve stomach ache. The heartwood is grey with
darker streaks; the sapwood is white. The wood cuts smoothly
Key
Characters:
Unarmed (except on old wood) trees, to
15 m high, bark green with reddish-brown stripes. Leaves imparipinnate,
alternate; leaflets 3-7, opposite; lamina ovate or ovate-lanceolate, margin
entire. Flowers polygamous, small, greenish-yellow, in lax dichotomous axillary
panicles; calyx tube narrowly campanulate; lobes 4; petals 4, broadly linear;
stamens 8, free, inserted on the margins of
