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Holigarna

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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. Holigarna arnottiana may cause an allergic reaction and irritate the skin chemically. Inhaling this species' wood smoke may be hazardous.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderSapindales
  5. FamilyAnacardiaceae
Native toAndaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam

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Specimen records
30
With media
28
Family
Anacardiaceae
Collections
MICH, MO, GH, A, BRIT, MNHN
Recorded in
India, Thailand, Myanmar, Bangladesh

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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. Holigarna arnottiana may cause an allergic reaction and irritate the skin chemically. Inhaling this species' wood smoke may be hazardous.

==Species== The Plant List and Catalogue of Life recognise about 7 accepted species, while Plants of the world Online has 9 accepted species: Holigarna albicans Holigarna arnottiana Holigarna beddomei Holigarna caustica Holigarna ferruginea Holigarna grahamii Holigarna helferi Holigarna kurzii Holigarna nigra

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