Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Juglandaceae | Genus: Engelhardtia | Species:
Engelhardtia spicata Lechen
ex Blume
( गध मऊहा, महवा, सम्मा, सिलापोमा ) |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Engelhardtia aceriflora (Reinw.) Blume, Gyrocarpus pendulus Blanco | Flower Color | Greenish |
| Common Name | Mauwa, Gadh mauha | Flower Type | Spikelet |
| English / Trade Name | Flowering Period | April-June | |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Gadh mauha, Mahwa, Samma, Silapoma | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | up to 1500 m | Fruit Type | Nut |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Nuts small, globose, coriaceous, attached with much enlarged 3-lobed bracats; bracts with straight mid rib and reticulate veins. |
| Habitat | Throughout submontane and montane forest | Bark Type | Fissured |
| Distribution | Himalaya; S.W. China and S.E. Asia. | Bark Details | Bark grey or grey-brown, deeply fissured. |
| Distribution in Haryana | Morni-Pinjore | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Compound | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Pinnate | ||
| Description of Species | Deciduous trees, up to 15 m high; bark grayish. Leaves imparipinnate, leaflets 3-5 pairs, opposite, elliptic-oblong, obtuse, entire, glabrous or densely pubescent beneath, base unequal sided. Flower divided in male and female; Male spikes solitary or 2-6 together, hairy, borne on leafless branches; perianth 3-6 lobed; stamens 4-12. Female spikes pendulous, bracats large. Tepals 4, adnate to the ovary. Nuts small, globose, across, coriaceous, attached with much enlarged 3-lobed bracats; bracts with straight mid rib and reticulate veins. | Leaf Details | Leaves imparipinnate, leaflets 3-5 pairs, opposite, elliptic-oblong, obtuse, entire, glabrous or densely pubescent beneath, base unequal sided. |
