*Gmelina arborea *Roxb. - *g-MEL-in-uh* -- named for Johann Gottlieb Gmelin, German professor and naturalist - *ar-BOR-ee-uh* -- tree-like
[image: Gmelina arborea]<http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/2366330381/> Mar 23, 2008 at Veermata Jeejabai Bhosale Udyan, Mumbai *commonly known as*: Cashmere tree, coomb teak, goomar teak, kashmir tree, Malay bush-beech, white beech, white teak • *Assamese*: gomari • *Bengali*: গামার gamar, গাম্ভারি gambhari • *Gujarati*: શેવન shevan • *Hindi*: भद्रपर्णी bhadraparni, गमहर or गम्हड़ gamhar •*Kannada*: ಕಾಶ್ಮೀರಿ ಮರ kaashmiri mara, ಶಿವನಿಮರ shivanimara • *Khasi*: dieng lophiang • *Konkani*: शिवन shivan, सीनी sini • *Malayalam*: കുമിഴ് kumizh, കുമ്പിള് kumpil • * Manipuri*: ৱাঙ wang • *Marathi*: शिवन or शिवण shivan, थोरशिवणी thorshivani • *Mizo*: thlanvawng •*Naga*: imbeh ching • *Nepalese*: कामरी kamari • *Oriya *: bhodropornni, butalo, thlanvawng • *Punjabi*: ਫਕਡ਼ਾ phakra • *Sanskrit*: गम्भारी gambhari, सिन्धुपर्णी sindhuparni, सिन्धुवेषणम् sindhuveshanam, स्तूलत्वचा stulatvacha • *Tamil*: குமுதை kumutai, கூம்பல் kumpal, பெருங்குமிழ் peru-n-kumil • *Telugu*: పెద్ద గుముడు టేకు pedda gumudu teku *Native to*: s China, Indian sub-continent, Indo-China, Malesia, Philippines - [image: Shivan (Marathi: शिवन or शिवण)]<http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/3245746577/> ... Jan 31, 2009 at Sanjay Gandhi National Park - [image: Phakra (Punjabi: ਫਕਡ਼ਾ)]<http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/3246579032/> ... Jan 31, 2009 at Sanjay Gandhi National Park - [image: Bhadraparni (Hindi: भद्रपर्णी)]<http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/3440358011/> ... Apr 11, 2009 at Burondi - [image: Coomb teak]<http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/3912203871/> ... Sep 11, 2009 at Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, Maharashtra - [image: Gomari (in Assamese)]<http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/4779818071/> ... Jul 10, 2010 at Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, Maharashtra Regards. Dinesh
