Botanical Name – Gmelina arborea

Common Name – Gambhari, Sindhuparni, Sindhuveshanam, Stulatvacha (Sanskrit), Ghamar, Khamer, Kumar, Sevan, Khursi, Kassamar (Hindi), Shivan (Marathi), Shivan (Gujrati)

Distribution – Throughout India (except Mizoram & Northwest Himalayas)

Habit

• Medium sized deciduous tree
• Fast growing
  
  

Habitat

• Dry deciduous forest
• Valleys
  
  

Specific Properties

• Prefers moist fertile soils
• Pioneer forest species
• Preferred for forest restoration
• Good for growing on farms
  
  

Ecology

• Birds, Bats, Mammals like langurs, civets, squirrels feed on fruits
• Bees, birds, bats, insects feed on nectar and pollen
• Larval host plant for Short-Banded Sailer butterfly
  
  

Uses

• Fruits are edible
• It has antidiuretic, anti-diarrhoeal, antipyretic, anti-analgesic, antioxidant, antidiabetic, anti-helminthic, antibacterial, antifungal, cardio-protective, insecticidal, and anticancer properties
• Applications in treatment of bone fracture, hypertension, as blood purifier, laxative, stomachic, tonic and as antidote to poisons
• Good for agroforestry, grown as a windbreak and as hedge
• Leaf as fodder and good for rearing silkworms
• Used in papermaking and in matchwood industry
• Fruits yield yellow dye

Propagation

Seeds