Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Anacardiaceae | Genus: Spondias | Species:
Spondias pinnata
(L. f.) Kurz
( अमरा ) |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Spondias mangifera Willd., Spondias acuminata Roxb., Spondias amara Lam. | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Ambara | Flower Type | Panicle |
| English / Trade Name | Wild mango, Indian Hog Plum, Hog plum | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Amra | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | Upto 1500 m | Fruit Type | Drupe |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Drupe, Ovoid, aromatic, 1-3 Seeded |
| Habitat | Occasional in evergreen to moist deciduous forests | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | Indo-Malesia | Bark Details | Bark 15-25 mm thick, surface grey to pale brown, smooth, vertically striated; outer bark 1 mm thick, dead, corky; inner bark semi fibrous, pink, streaked with white; blaze pink; exudation colour less, gummy. |
| Distribution in Haryana | Ambala, Bhiwani, Faridabad, Fatehabad, Gurgaon, Hisar, Jhajjar, Jind, Kaithal, Karnal, Kurukshetra, M. Garh, Mewat, Morni-Pinjore, Palwal, Panipat, Rewari, Rohtak, Sirsa, Sonepat, Yamuna Nagar | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Compound | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Pinnate | ||
| Description of Species | Deciduous trees upto 25 m high, bark grey to pale brown, smooth, blaze pink; exudation colour less, gummy. Leaves imparipinnate, alternate, clustered at the end of branches, estipulate; rachis glabrous, swollen at base; leaflets 5-21, opposite or subopposite; lamina oblong, elliptic or elliptic-oblong, base obtuse, subacute, oblique or round, apex acuminate or obtusely acuminate, margin entire, glabrous. Flowers polygamous, yellowish-white, subsessile, in terminal panicles; calyx small; lobes 5, petals 5, oblong, glabrous. Fruit a fleshy drupe, yellow. seeds 1-3, of which only one is perfect, pendulous, oblong. | Leaf Details | Leaves imparipinnate, alternate, clustered at the end of branches, estipulate; rachis glabrous, swollen at base; leaflets 5-21, opposite or subopposite; lamina oblong, elliptic or elliptic-oblong, base obtuse, subacute, oblique or round, apex acuminate or obtusely acuminate, margin entire, glabrous. |
