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Family: Sterculaceae	Genus: Sterculia	Species: Sterculia urens Roxb. ( गुलु, कराया, कतीरा )

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Cavallium urens (Roxb.) Schott & Endl., Clompanus urens (Roxb.) Kuntze, Kavalama urens (Roxb.) Rafin.	Flower Color	Greenish
Common Name	Gum Karaya, Gulu, Kateera-gum, Katira, Sterculia gum, Indian-tragacanth	Flower Type	Panicle
English / Trade Name	Gum Karaya, Sterculia gum	Flowering Period	Jan-March
Vernacular /Local Name	Gum Karay, Gulu	Fruiting Period	April-June
Altitude	400-800m	Fruit Type	Aggregate
Habit	Tree	Fruit Details	Fruit an aggregate of 4-6 follicles, red, densely pubescent, mixed with stinging hairs; seeds 3-6, brown or black, oblong.
Habitat	Moist and Dry deciduous forest	Bark Type	Exfoliating
Distribution	Indo-Malesia	Bark Details	Bark 10-12 mm, white or greenish-grey, smooth, exfoliating in large, thin, papery flakes; blaze red; exudation yellowish-white, sticky.
Distribution in Haryana	Faridabad, Fatehabad, Gurgaon, M. Garh, Mewat, Rewari, Sonepat	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Simple
		Leaf Arrangement	Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Palmate
Description of Species	Deciduous trees upto 15 m high; Bark white or greenish-grey, smooth, exfoliating in large, thin, papery flakes; blaze red; exudation yellowish-white. Leaves simple, palmately 3-5 lobed, alternate, clustered at the tips of branchlets; stipules free, lateral, cauducous; petiole pubescent; lamina orbicular, base cordate or sagittate, lobe apex acuminate or caudate-acuminate, margin entire. Flowers polygamous, greenish-yellow, in axillary panicles, covered with sticky tomentose of glandular, stellate hairs; calyx yellow, campanulate, hairy on both surfaces, lobes 5, a small hairy gland at the base of each lobe; petals absent. Fruit an aggregate of 4-6 follicles, red, densely pubescent, mixed with stinging hairs; seeds 3-6, brown or black, oblong.	Leaf Details	Leaves simple, palmately 3-5 lobed, alternate, clustered at the tips of branchlets; stipules free, lateral, cauducous; petiole pubescent; lamina orbicular, base cordate or sagittate, lobe apex acuminate or caudate-acuminate, margin entire.

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