Kattaphal / Beach Calophyllum
Garcinia cowa
Also known as Borneo Mahogany, Cowa Fruit, Cowa Mangosteen
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Arunachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh
- Flowering
- December-September
How to identify Kattaphal
Identify Kattaphal by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a tree habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Sour edible orange-yellow fruit.
- Confirm leaf shape: Elliptic (widest at middle).
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: December-September.
- In India, compare location records such as Arunachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh.
- Confirm it sits within the Clusiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Kattaphal.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Garcinia cowa
- Genus
- Garcinia
- Family
- Clusiaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Evergreen and shola forests along streams
- Distribution
- India, Andamans (India) Myanmar, Bangladesh, Yunnan, Thailand
- Found in India
- Arunachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- December-September
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Elliptic (widest at middle)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kattaphal itself; the rest are typical of the Clusiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
Typical of the family
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kattaphal itself; the rest are typical of the Clusiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- Kattaphal, Rengram, Tekra
- Bengali
- Kowa
- Malayalam
- Kattukodapuli
- Sanskrit
- Dvipaja
- Assamese
- Kau thekera, Kau-thekera, Kaugach, Kaurithekera
About Kattaphal
Beach Calophyllum (Garcinia cowa) is a tree in the Clusiaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Arunachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. It grows in evergreen and shola forests along streams. Flowering and fruiting run from December to September.
Clusiaceae
Mangosteen/Garcinia family
Kattaphal belongs to the Clusiaceae family.
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