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Family: Burseraceae Distribution: Limited to South eastren part of Eastern ghats of India. Photographed at Velugonda hills of Nellore district.The tree grows in dry rock crevices. 10 m tall trees.Bark papery, ash colored. Leaves crowded at the apical part of branches. During the flowering season the tree sheds off all the leaves. Leaves 10-20 cm, leaf lets opposite, odd numbered, oblong, ovate, entire. Flowers pinkish white, in lax panicles, panicle 15-30cm long, flowers 4-6mm across, Calyx and corolla 5 lobed, disk red, stamens 10 inserted in the disk, drupes trigonous.

The stem yields yellowish resin when it is wounded.The resin is fragrant and has potential medicinal and commercial value, it s known as "Guggilam"in Telugu.
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Author Lalithamba from India

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by lalithamba at https://www.flickr.com/photos/45835639@N04/5592165957. It was reviewed on 18 May 2013 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0.

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