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Sawa (Engelhardia spicata)

Dlium Sawa (Engelhardia spicata)

Sawa (Engelhardia spicata) is a plant species in the Juglandaceae, a tree with a height of up to 30 meters, a width of up to 1.5 meters, a cylindrical trunk, branching, black or dark brown bark and generally grows at an elevation of 500-2500 meters.

E. spicata has oval-shaped leaves, 17 cm long, 7 cm wide, thick and stiff, dark green in color, shiny on the upper side, the tip may be sharp or may be blunt and the margins are flat. Leaves may have short stalks or may not have stalks.





Panicle flowers up to 40 cm long and unisexual on one tree. The seeds have three wings that fall completely in one canta so that they look like rain. The bark is used to treat itchy skin.

TAXON

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Fagales
Family: Juglandaceae
Genus: Engelhardia Lesch. ex Blume in Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 528 (1826)
Species: Engelhardia spicata Lechen ex Blume in Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 528 (1826)
Variety: Engelhardia spicata var. integra (Kurz) W.E.Manning ex Steenis, Engelhardia spicata var. spicata

HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS

Engelhardia pterococca var. spicata (Lechen ex Blume) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 637 (1891)
Engelhardia spicata var. genuina Koord. & Valeton in Bijdr. Boomsoort. Java 5: 166 (1900)

PUBLICATIONS

Balkrishna, A. (2018). Flora of Morni Hills (Research & Possibilities): 1-581. Divya Yoga Mandir Trust.

Dy Phon, P. (2000). Dictionnaire des plantes utilisées au Cambodge: 1-915. Chez l'auteur, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919.

Grierson, A.J.C. & Long, D.G. (1983). Flora of Bhutan 1(1): 1-186. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.

Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590. Smithsonian Institution.

Lê, T.C. (2003). Danh lục các loài thực vật Việt Nam 2: 1-1203. Hà Nội : Nhà xuất bản Nông nghiệp.

Pusalkar, P.K., Mao, A.A. & Inge, P. (eds.) (2022). Flora of India 24: 1-688. Botanical Survey of India.

Santisuk, T. & Balslev, H. (eds.) (2017). Flora of Thailand 13(3): 429-556. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.

Turner, I.M. (1995). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(1): 1-346.

Van Steenis, C.G.G.J. (ed.) (1960-1972). Flora Malesiana 6: 1-1023. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.

Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (1999). Flora of China 4: 1-453. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).

VERNACULAR NAME

Assamese: Lal amiri, Lewa, Rumgach
Chinese (simplified): 云南黄杞
Chinese (traditional): 雲南黃杞
English: Sawa
Hindi: महुआ - गाड महुआ - महवा - सम्मा - सिलापोमा Mauwa, Gadh mauha, Mahwa, Samma, Silapoma
Indonesia: Sawa, Kesawa
Java: Sowo, Kesowo
Khasi: Dieng lamba, Dieng lyba
Lepcha: Savyak, Sugreot-kung
Manipuri: Heijuga-manbi
Mizo: Hnum
Nepali: मौवा - भले मौवा - सेती मौवा Mauwaa, Bhale Mauwaa, Seti Mauwaa

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