Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Anacardiaceae | Genus: Semecarpus | Species:
Semecarpus
anacardium Linn. f.
( भिलवा, घेरू ) |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Anacardium latifolium Lam., Anacardium longifolium Lam. | Flower Color | Greenish |
| Common Name | Bhilawa | Flower Type | Panicle |
| English / Trade Name | Marking nut tree, Oriental cashew | Flowering Period | July-Sept |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Bhilawa, Gheru | Fruiting Period | Jan-March |
| Altitude | Up to 4000 m | Fruit Type | Drupe |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit a drupe, purplish-black, seated on an orange hypocarp as long as the drupe, pericarp rich in corrosive resinous juice; seed pendulous. |
| Habitat | Moist deciduous and semi-evergreen forests | Bark Type | Fissured |
| Distribution | Africa, Indo-Malesia, China and Australia | Bark Details | Bark grey to greyish-brown with tessellate scales, furrows longitudinal and horizontal; blaze dull red. |
| Distribution in Haryana | Ambala, Yamuna Nagar | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Obovate | ||
| Description of Species | Trees, up to 12 m high, bark grey to greyish-brown with tessellate scales, furrows longitudinal and horizontal; blaze dull red; exudation acrid. Leaves simple, alternate, leaf lamina obovate-oblong, elliptic-oblong or obovate, base acute, obtuse, round or truncate, apex obtuse, round or emarginate, margin entire, glabrous above, puberulent and glaucous beneath, coriaceous. Flowers polygamous, greenish-yellow, in terminal pubescent panicles; calyx lobes 5, ovate, margin ciliate, imbricate, deciduous; petals 5, imbricate; disc broad, annular, villous; stamens 5 inserted below the disc; filaments filiform, glabrous, in male flowers as long as or longer than petals, in female flowers shorter than petals; anthers oblong; ovary superior, densely villous. Fruit a drupe, purplish-black, seated on an orange hypocarp as long as the drupe, pericarp rich in corrosive resinous juice; seed pendulous. | Leaf Details | Leaves simple, alternate, leaf lamina obovate-oblong, elliptic-oblong or obovate, base acute, obtuse, round or truncate, apex obtuse, round or emarginate, margin entire, glabrous above, puberulent and glaucous beneath, coriaceous. |
