''Semecarpus travancoricus'' is a species of

plant Plants are the eukaryotes that form the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae; they are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic. This means that they obtain their energy from sunlight, using chloroplasts derived from endosymbiosis with c ...

in the family

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native to India and

Bangladesh Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...

. The

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was originally spelt ''travancorica''. In India, it is found in the southern Western Ghats in

South India South India, also known as Southern India or Peninsular India, is the southern part of the Deccan Peninsula in India encompassing the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana as well as the union territories of ...

.Molur, S & Walker, S (ed.) 1997. REPORT: Conservation Assessment and Management Plan Workshop (C.A.M.P. III) for Selected Species of Medicinal Plants of Southern India. Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions, ZOO/ Conservation Breeding Specialist Group, India & Medicinal Plants Specialist Group, SSC, IUCN It is a tree of

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and is found only south of the Anamalais at an elevation around 1300 MSL.

References

Flora of Bangladesh Flora of India (region) travancoricus Vulnerable plants {{Anacardiaceae-stub