Category: G

Gymnacranthera farquhariana (Hook. F. & Thomson) Warb Description: Evergreen trees, dioecious in nature, reaching heights of up to 20 meters. The leaves are oblong-lanceolate, with dimensions of up to 27 x 10 cm, featuring an acute to rounded base and an acuminate apex, while the underside is glaucous. Male flowers in fascicles in axillary panicles.…

Grewia hetrotricha Masters (TILIACEAE) Common namesKannada: Kadujane, Kaduvame. Description: Scandent shrubs; young parts clothed with ferruginous stellate hairs. Leaves elliptic to ovate-oblong, up to 12.5 x 8 cm, rounded or subcordate at base, oblique, acute to acuminate at apex, crenate – serrate with lower serrations glandular, scabrid on both surfaces, palmately 3-nerved. Flowers in axillary…

Gomphandra tetrandra (Wallich) Sleumer (ICACINACEAE) Description: Large shrubs or small trees up to 5 m tall; branches puberulous, some what zig-zag. Leaves membranous alternate, elliptic-oblong or oblong-lanceolate or obovate, apex acuminate, base acute or rounded, merous 4-6 pairs, joining in marginal loops, up to 9-12.5 x 2.5 cm. The fruit is an oblong or obconic drupe with…

Gordonia obtusa Wallich ex Wight & Arn. (THEACEAE) Description: Evergreen trees, up to 30 m tall. Leaves elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, up to 15.5 x 5 cm, acute at base, obtuse or obtusely acuminate at apex, crenate. Flowers solitary or 2-3 fascicled at the ends of branches, ca 3 cm in diam., white. Sepals 5, unequal,…

Gnetum ula Brongn. (GNETACEAE) Common namesTulu: Nokate.Tamil: Ana-pendu. Description: A sizable, persistent, sturdy climber characterized by thick, brown, rough bark with a scaly texture. The branchlets are slender, with thickened nodes. Leaves opposite, ovate-oblong or elliptic, 7-18 x 4-10 cm, obtuse or shortly apiculate at base, acute to acuminate at apex, longitudinally wrinkled when dry;…

Gmelina arborea Roxb. (VERBENACEAE) Common namesSanskrit: Gumbhari, KaashmariyaKannada: Shivani Gumadi, Kumalamaram.Malayalam: Kumbil.Telugu: Gummadi, Gumar tek. Description: Deciduous trees, ranging from 10 to 20 meters in height, feature greyish-yellow bark, with branchlets and young parts covered in a fine white mealy pubescence. Leaves opposite, broadly ovate, 10-22 x 7-15 cm, subcordate or truncate at base, acuminate…

Glochidion johnstonei Hook. f. (EUPHORBIACEAE) Description: The trees can reach heights of up to 12 meters, with tomentose branchlets. The leaves are arranged alternately, oblong, elliptic-oblong, or ovate-elliptic in shape, nearly equal and rounded at the base, broadly acute at the apex, and exhibit a pubescent underside, turning dark brown when dry. Flowers in axillary…

Glochidion ellipticum Wight (EUPHORBIACEAE) Description: Trees, up to 10 m tall; branchlets glabrous. Leaves alternate, lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, up to 14 x 4.5 cm, unequal at base, acuminate at both ends, turning black when dry. Flowers in axillary clusters; male flowers pedicelled, female sessile. Perianth lobes 6. Three stamens are fused into a column by…

Garcinia xanthochymus Hook. F. ex T. Anderson (GUTTIFERAE) Common namesEnglish: Mysore Gamboge.Kannada: Jarige, Devagarige (Konakni : Dhanambe).Malayalam: Anavya. Description: Trees, up to 20 m tall with a beautiful dense pyramidal crown; branches patent, ends dropping, 6-8- angular; bark blackish or dark grey, exfoliating in small round flakes, exuding gum; latex milky or pale green, turning yellow on…

Garcinia morella (Gaertner) Desr. (GUTTIFERAE) Common namesEnglish: Mysore Gamboge tree, Indian Gamboge tree.Kannada: Ardala or Hardala, Devanahuli.Malayalam: Chingiri, Daramba. Description: Trees, up to 17 m tall with spreading branches and dense crown; branchlets quadrangular; bark brownish-grey or brown to dark brown, exuding brilliant, dark yellow, sticky, thick latex. Leaves elliptic, ovate, obovate or oblanceolate, 10-16×4-9…