✿Flacourtiaceae · Hydnocarpus
Calmogara / Fish Poison Tree
Hydnocarpus laurifolia
Also known as Marothi Tree
Treeoutdoor
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering
- December-April
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Hydnocarpus laurifolia
- Genus
- Hydnocarpus
- Family
- Flacourtiaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Distribution
- India
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- December-April
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Lanceolate (long, narrow, tapering to a point)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Calmogara itself; the rest are typical of the Flacourtiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Typical of the Flacourtiaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Hindi
- चालमोगरा Calmogara, Chalmogra, Chaulmoogra, Jangli badam
- Kannada
- ಚೌಲ್ಮೂಗ್ರ Chaulmoogra, ಎಣ್ಣೆಮರ yenne mara, Mirolhakai, ಸುರಟಿ Surti, ಸುರಂಟಿ Suranti, ತೊರತ್ತಿ Toratti
- Malayalam
- Kodi, Maravatty, Marotti, Nirvatta, Nirvetti
- Marathi
- Kadu Kawath
- Sanskrit
- Tuvaraka, Turveraka, Tuvrak, कुष्टवैरी Kushtavairi
- Tamil
- Maravetti, Maravattai, Marotti
- Telugu
- Niradi-vittulu
About Calmogara
A member of the Flacourtiaceae family, Fish poison tree (Hydnocarpus laurifolia) is a tree. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Flowering and fruiting run from December to April.
Botanical family
Flacourtiaceae
Flacourtia Family
Calmogara belongs to the Flacourtiaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
Explore the Flacourtiaceae family →Snap it. Know it.
Point your camera at Calmogara or any plant and SASYA identifies it instantly — on-device, offline, and private.