Vateria indica, the white dammar, is a species of tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is endemic to the Western Ghats mountains in India. It is threatened by habitat loss. It is a large canopy or emergent tree frequent in tropical wet evergreen forests of the low and mid-elevations (below 1200 m).
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of White Damar being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Guarea kunthiana
- Moquilea platypus
- Carapa guianensis
- Lansium domesticum
- Antiaris toxicaria
- Canarium strictum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Malvales
- Family
- Dipterocarpaceae
- Genus
- Vateria
- Species
- Vateria indica
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