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Dhakura

Anogeissus sericea

On the Rajasthan Board's rare and threatened plants list
Dhakura (Anogeissus sericea)

Image: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · As stated on the file page · Resized

Scientific name
Anogeissus sericea
Family
Combretaceae, order Myrtales
Group
Plant

A silvery small tree of rocky hills.

  • Spot it Small round silvery leaves and button-like fruit heads.
  • Home Dry, rocky ground.
  • Food web Insects visit the flowers; its leaves are browsed by animals.
  • Why it matters Holds thin soil on rocky slopes and shelters small creatures.
Sources and credits

Records and field notes

  • RajasthanThe Rajasthan State Biodiversity Board lists it among the rare, endangered and threatened plants of Rajasthan, for Amer, Jodhpur and Udaipur.[2]
  • RajasthanThe Board gives its local name as Indok, Dhakura.[2]
  • RajasthanThe Board describes it as a tree of the Combretaceae family.[2]

Sources

  1. Rajasthan State Biodiversity Board. List of Rare, Endangered and Threatened Plants of Rajasthan (55 plants) (government). Official list, published as a PDF.
  2. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and GBIF species data (family, order, Hindi names, IUCN category) (database). Open biodiversity data. Used for classification, Hindi common names and the IUCN category where one is given.
  3. Short introductions and key points written with AI help (Google Gemini and Claude) and checked against GBIF where possible (reference). AI-assisted text for general readers. Please check important details before relying on them.

The tag before each record shows the place it was checked for.

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