Statue of Unity – Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat Rain Forest Ektanagar

Vateria indica

Syn. Vateria malabarica

IUCN Red List Vulnerable (VU)

Local name

  • White Damar (English)
  • Safed Daamar (Hindi)
  • Chandras (Gujarati)

Tree type

Evergreen Deciduous
Family: Dipterocarpaceae
30m

Indicated uses

Medicinal Edible Ornamental Avenue Other

Flowering & fruiting

Flowering Fruiting

Key characters

Vateria indica bark

Bark

Bark is greyish, smooth; blaze cream. Young branchlets are round, hairy. Branches exude resinous substance.

Vateria indica leaves

Leaves

Leaves are simple, alternate, spirallly arranged, 8-27 x 4.5-10 cm, elliptic-oblong, tip abruptly long-pointed or blunt, base rounded to somewhat heart-shaped, margin entire, leathery, hairless.

Vateria indica flower

Flower

Flowers are borne in panicles in leaf axils, with dense stellate hairs. Flowers are white, anthers yellow.

Vateria indica fruit / seeds

Fruit / Seeds

Capsule is pale brown, 3-valved, oblong, up to 6.4 x 3.8 cm, sepals persistent, reflexed, seed 1.

Vateria indica

Did you know?

When a fallen seed of V. indica sprouts, it frequently undergoes twin-germinants, shooting up two distinct seedlings from the same exact nut.

Distribution

World map showing distribution

SW. India