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Shombaraa (Assamese: শাঁবৰা)

Moraceae (mulberry family) » Streblus asper

 

STRAY-blus -- from the Greek streblos (crooked or twisted)

AS-per -- meaning, rough

 

commonly known as: demon tree, paper bark, paper tree, sand paper mulberry, Siamese rough bush, spinous mulberry, stunted jack, toothbrush tree • Assamese: শাঁবৰা shombaraa • Bengali: sheora • Garo: kharanchi-bol • Hindi: सेवड़ा sewra, सीहोरा sihora • Kannada: mitala • Khasi: dieng sohkhyrdang • Konkani: बेकर bekar • Malayalam: പരുവമരം paruvamaram • Marathi: खरोटी kharoti • Nepalese: खाक्सी khaksi • Oriya: hirtonimranu • Sanskrit: शाखोटकः shakotakah • Tamil: குட்டிப்பலா kutti-p-pala, பிராய் piray • Telugu: చుక్కలి chukkali, సాకోటము sakotamu • Urdu: سيہورا sihora

 

Native to: south China, Indian subcontinent, Indo-China, Malesia

 

 

References: eFloraENVIS - FRLHTDigital Dictionaries of South Asia

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