Haiga / Ponga
Hopea ponga
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala
- Flowering
- July-November
How to identify Haiga
Identify Haiga 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.
- Confirm leaf shape: Ovate (egg-shaped, broad at base).
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: July-November.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala.
- Confirm it sits within the Dipterocarpaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Haiga.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Hopea ponga
- Genus
- Hopea
- Family
- Dipterocarpaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests at elevation of 400-700 m, also in sacred groves in the plains
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-November
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Ovate (egg-shaped, broad at base)recorded
Characters marked “recorded” are for Haiga itself; the rest are typical of the Dipterocarpaceae family.
Local Names
- Tamil
- Kambakam, Pongu
- Kannada
- ಹೈಗ haiga, ಕಲ್ಬೋವು Kalbovu, ಉನ್ನಿ Unni, Doddele Bogi
- Malayalam
- ഇലപ്പൊങ്ങ് ilappong, ഇരുന്വകം irunvakam, കന്വകം kanvakam, Thingam
- Marathi
- कवशी kavshi
About Haiga
Ponga (Hopea ponga) is a tree in the Dipterocarpaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. It grows in evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests at elevation of 400-700 m, also in sacred groves in the plains. Flowering and fruiting run from July to November.
Dipterocarpaceae
Dipterocarp/Sal family
Haiga belongs to the Dipterocarpaceae family.
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