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Holigarna
Holigarna is a genus of trees in the subfamily Anacardioideae of the cashew and sumac family Anacardiaceae. They grow naturally in India, Bangladesh and Indo-China. This is a poisonous tree if contacted it would irritate skin chemically and result in irreversible skin damage. Smoke from burning this wood is dangerously disabling.
6 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Black Varnish Tree
speciesHoligarna arnottiana
Holigarna grahamii
speciesHoligarna grahamii
Holigarna nigra
speciesHoligarna nigra
Holigarna beddomei
speciesHoligarna beddomei
Holigarna ferruginea
speciesHoligarna ferruginea
Holigarna kurzii
speciesHoligarna kurzii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 898156.