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Chukrasia tabularis
Also called Bastard Cedar, Burmese Almondwood, East Indian Mahogany, Indian Redwood, White Cedar, Indian Mahogany, Chickrassy
In Singapore: Chittagong Wood, Chukrasia, Chickrassy, Indian Redwood (Grown in Singapore)
1 NParks heritage tree in Singapore: Found in Hooper Rd Playground, near House No 21A
Chukrasia tabularis, the Indian mahogany or Chittagong wood, is a large deciduous tropical forest tree from South and Southeast Asia, valued for timber and in Ayurvedic medicine. It is grown in warm, wet climates and is far too large for home gardens except as a landscape or plantation tree.
Chukrasia tabularis, the Indian mahogany, is a deciduous, tropical forest tree species in the Mahogany Family (Meliaceae). It is native to the Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam. Also introduced to many western countries such as Cameroon, Costa Rica, Nigeria, Puerto Rico, South Africa, and United States.
The genus Chukrasia is monotypic, with previously recognised species now considered to be synonyms. "C. velutina" (this species) is listed as the provincial flower and tree of Phrae Province, Thailand and is widely used in Ayurveda as an important medicinal plant.
[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Chukrasia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
