Soonda maram PRODUCT NAME
Viburnum punctatum Buch.Ham.ex D.Don = Viburnum acuminatum Wall. SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | Soonda maram |
| Local Name: | Soonda maram (Kurumba); Tamil-Konakaran; Badaga-Yelle sunda. |
| Family: | Caprifoliaceae |
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| Product Description: | A small evergreen tree. Flower: In terminal congested corymbs, white. Fruit: An oblong red drupe. Seed one, compressed, ventrally concave. Bark thin brown, chequered. Leaves shiny with nerves flattened above raised below; covered below with small round rust coloured scales or glands as also the young parts. Margin recuved. Wood emits strong foul smell, when burn |
| NTFP Classification: | Feed, fodder and fuelwood |
DISTRIBUTION
| Countries Found: | India |
| Description: | Above 1200m in sholas and moist forests. Southeast Asia, Peninsular India |
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| Management Practices: | Branches used to make ladles. Wood used to makes handles of agricultural implements and in construction |
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| Partners: | Keystone Foundation |
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