✿Cochlospermaceae · Cochlospermum
Galgal / Yellow Silk-Cotton Tree
Cochlospermum religiosum
Also known as Golden Silk-Cotton Tree, Torchwood
TreeoutdoorMedicinal
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- February-August
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Cochlospermum religiosum
- Genus
- Cochlospermum
- Family
- Cochlospermaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Moist and dry deciduous forests, stony hills
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Telangana, Gujarat, West Bengal, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- February-August
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- Galgal, galgal, katira
- Bengali
- Sonali simul, গলগল
- Tamil
- Kattupparutti, கோங்கம்
- Kannada
- ಅರಿಸಿನ ಬೂರುಗ Arasina buruga, ಕಾಡುಬೂರುಗ Kaadu booruga
- Malayalam
- Chempanni, ശീമപ്പഞ്ഞി, Cochlospermum religiosum
- Marathi
- गणेरी Ganeri, गणेर Ganer, सोनसावर Sonsawar, सोनसावर
About Galgal
Yellow Silk-cotton Tree (Cochlospermum religiosum) is a tree in the Cochlospermaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and 10 other states. It grows in moist and dry deciduous forests, stony hills. Flowering and fruiting run from February to August.
Botanical family
Cochlospermaceae
Cochlospermum Family
Galgal belongs to the Cochlospermaceae family.
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