Dysoxylum malabaricum

Botanical Description

Dysoxylum malabaricum is an evergreen tree that can grow up to 30 - 40 metres tall, sometimes even more. The straight bole can be free of branches for more than three quarters of the tree's height and 100cm in diameter[ 936 Title Genetic structure and demographic history of the endangered tree species Dysoxylum malabaricum Publication Ecology and Evolution 3(10); pp. 3233 - 3248 Author Bodare S.; Tsuda Y.; Ravikanth G.; Shaanher R.U.; Lascoux M. Publisher John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Year 2013 ISBN Description An on-line article, available to download as a PDF file, giving considerable information on the species Dysoxylum malabaricum and its conservation status. ]. Dysoxylum malabaricum is a locally economically important tree species, endemic to the Western Ghats. It is a sacred tree that is harvested from the wild and used for medicinal, nutritional, commercial, and religious purposes[ 936 Title Genetic structure and demographic history of the endangered tree species Dysoxylum malabaricum Publication Ecology and Evolution 3(10); pp. 3233 - 3248 Author Bodare S.; Tsuda Y.; Ravikanth G.; Shaanher R.U.; Lascoux M. Publisher John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Year 2013 ISBN Description An on-line article, available to download as a PDF file, giving considerable information on the species Dysoxylum malabaricum and its conservation status. ]. The tree is much exploited from the wild and natural regeneration is poor. Although this species has not yet been assessed by the IUCN Red List, it is has already been categorized as Endangered under the Indian National Threat Assessment using the same criteria as the IUCN[ 936 Title Genetic structure and demographic history of the endangered tree species Dysoxylum malabaricum Publication Ecology and Evolution 3(10); pp. 3233 - 3248 Author Bodare S.; Tsuda Y.; Ravikanth G.; Shaanher R.U.; Lascoux M. Publisher John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Year 2013 ISBN Description An on-line article, available to download as a PDF file, giving considerable information on the species Dysoxylum malabaricum and its conservation status. ].