Holigarna beddomei is a deciduous tree belonging to family Anacardiaceae. Native to the Western Ghats of southwestern India, it grows as a large tree up to 35 meters tall in seasonally dry tropical forests and is notable for exuding a black, juicy latex from its smooth bark.
Description A lofty tree that exudes a black, juicy latex; the bark is smooth. Young leaves have ciliate margins with long hairs, while mature leaves are pubescent on the underside, with 20–30 pairs of lateral nerves; the petiole is long, slender, and persistent.Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Holigarna beddomei. Downloaded on 14 October 2025.
Distribution Frequent in evergreen forests of South West India.Manjunath, K.M., Shashwathi, H.S., Jain, H.R. and Krishnamurthy, Y.L., 2024. The genus Holigarna Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb.(Anacardiaceae) in the central Western Ghats, Karnataka, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 16(1), pp.24469-24484.
Phenology Flowering: February–March; Fruiting: April–June.Gamble, J.S. (1918). Flora of the Presidency of Madras. Adlard & Son Ltd., 408 pp.
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