Description:
Meliaceae (melia, or mahogany family) »
Chukrasia tabularis chick-RAS-ee-uh -- from the Hindi chikrasi name of the plant tab-yoo-LAIR-iss -- from the Latin tabula (board or plank), aris (relating to) commonly known as: bastard cedar, Burmese almondwood, chickrassy, Chittagong wood, Indian redwood, Western red cedar • Assamese: boga-poma • Bengali: chikrassi • Gujarati: ચુક્રાસી chukrasi • Hindi: चिकरासी chikrasi, लाल देवदारी lal-devadari • Kannada: dalamara, kelgarike • Malayalam: മലവേപ്പ് malaveepp, ശീമവേപ്പ് siimaveepp • Manipuri: তাঈমৰেঙ taimareng • Marathi: लाल देवदारू lal devdaru • Sanskrit: chanana • Tamil: அகிலம் akilam, ஆயில் ayil, மலைவேம்பு malei-vempu, மதகரிவேம்பு matakari-vempu • Telugu: అమరద్రుమము amaradrumamu, కొండ వేప konda vepa, సురవృక్షము suravrksamu Native to: India, Myanmar, Indochina, Malay peninsula References:
Flowers of India •
PIER species info •
NPGS / GRIN •
eFlora. Date: 11 April 2010, 12:26. Source:
chanana (in Sanskrit). Author:
Dinesh Valke from Thane, India.