Chukrasia tabularis A. Juss.
| Kannada Name : | Kalgarike, Madagari bevu |
| Common Name : | Indian Mahogany, Chitta gong wood |
| Family Name : | Meliaceae |
| Scientific Name : | Chukrasia tabularis |
| Species Type : | Indigenous |
| Phenology : | Deciduous |
| Conservation Status : | Least concern |
| Flowering Period : | April- May |
| Fruiting Period : | December- March |
| Origin : | Indian Subcontinent |
Uses
Major uses are fine furniture, turnery, doors, windows and light flooring. Flowers contain a red and yellow dye. The bark and leaves contain commercial gums and tannins and the astringent bark has medicinal uses. It is planted as a shade tree for coffee plantations
Description
Large, deciduous tree, up to 35 m tall. Bark thick, dark brown, with thin irregular flakes, blaze pink-red. Leaves paripinnate, 12–50 cm long, alternate, pulvinate; leaflets 10–24, alternate or subopposite; leaflets narrow ovate to lanceolate, coriaceous, glabrous above, pubescent beneath, base oblique, apex acuminate, margin entire. Inflorescence a terminal panicle, greyish, pubescent. Flowers bisexual, yellowish-white. Fruit a capsule, globose, 4 cm across, 4-5 valved, glabrous; seeds many, broadly winged at base.
