Image: Kamari (Nepalese- कामरी) (3394494165)

Description: Verbenaceae (verbena, or vervain family) » Gmelina arborea

g-MEL-in-uh -- named for Johann Gottlieb Gmelin, German professor and naturalist ar-BOR-ee-uh -- meaning, tree-like

commonly known as: Cashmere tree, coomb teak, goomar teak, kashmir tree, Malay bush-beech, white beech, white teak • Assamese: gomari • Bengali: গামার gamar, গাম্ভারি gambhari • Gujarati: શેવન shevan • Hindi: भद्रपर्णी bhadraparni, गमहर or गम्हड़ gamhar • Kannada: ಕಾಶ್ಮೀರಿ ಮರ kaashmiri mara, ಶಿವನಿಮರ shivanimara • Khasi: dieng lophiang • Konkani: शिवन shivan, सीनी sini • Malayalam: കുമിഴ് kumizh, കുമ്പിള്‍ kumpil • Manipuri: ৱাঙ wang • Marathi: शिवन or शिवण shivan, थोरशिवणी thorshivani • Mizo: thlanvawng • Naga: imbeh ching • Nepalese: कामरी kamari • Oriya: bhodropornni, butalo, thlanvawng • Punjabi: ਫਕਡ਼ਾ phakra • Sanskrit: गम्भारी gambhari, सिन्धुपर्णी sindhuparni, सिन्धुवेषणम् sindhuveshanam, स्तूलत्वचा stulatvacha • Tamil: குமுதை kumutai, கூம்பல் kumpal, பெருங்குமிழ் peru-n-kumil • Telugu: పెద్ద గుముడు టేకు pedda gumudu teku

Native to: s. China, Indian sub-continent, Indo-China, Malesia, Philippines

References: Flowers of India • Wikipedia • NPGS • PIER species info • ENVIS • eFlora
Author: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India
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