Commiphora berryi (Arn.) Engl.

 
  • Family : BURSERACEAE
    (BURSERA FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Burseraceae
  • Species : Commiphora berryi
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Commiphora berryi (Arn.) Engl.
  • Common name : Indian Balm of Gilead, Armed Commiphora
  • Vernacular name : Benda, Gajjilikai, Iyhali (Kan.); Mulkiluvai (Tam.)
  • Key identification features : A thorny tree with spine-tipped branchlets. Bark is silvery-purplish, smooth.
  • Habit : Tree
  • Flower, Fruit : February-August
  • Comments : Frequent in scrub and dry deciduous forests up to 400-600 m of Eastern Ghats. Sometimes grown as a hedge plant. Plant yeilds a resin.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Tiruchirapally district (Tamil Nadu State); Krishna district, Guntur district (Andhra Pradesh State)
  • World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar
  • Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Commiphora berryi. Downloaded on 9 May 2024.

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