Taxon:  Hydnocarpus kurzii (King) Warb.



Summary
Genus:
Hydnocarpus
Family:
Achariaceae
Nomen number:
19441
Place of publication:
H. G. A. Engler & K. A. E. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(6a):21.  1893
Verified:
11/06/1985 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
6 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Taraktogenos kurzii King

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
  2. Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1960-. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam.
  3. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. 1959. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials. 5:141-142.
  4. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. Note: mentions
  5. Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
  6. Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
  7. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  8. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  9. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
  10. Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
  11. Mansfeld, R. 1959. Die Kulturpflanze, Beiheft 2.
  12. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
  13. Padua, L. S. de et al., eds. 1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 12(1):302.
  14. Personal Care Products Council. International Nomenclature Cosmetic Ingredient
  15. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  16. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  17. Sahoo, M. R. et al. 2014. Hydnocarpus: an ethnopharmacological, phytochemical and pharmacological review. J. Ethnopharmacol. 154:17-25. DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2014.03.029.
  18. Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India.
  19. Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana.
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishchaulmoogra  1Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Indiachaulmugra  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishcholmugra  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedishchaulmoograträd  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaAssam Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaManipur Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaMizoram Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaTripura Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaLaos  Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1960-. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar   
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaVietnam  Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1960-. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam.
Native
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India [Assam, Manipur, Tripura, Mizoram]
  • INDO-CHINA: Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam

Reference(s)
  1. Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1960-. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam.
  2. Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India.
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Medicinesfolklore Sahoo, M. R. et al. 2014. Hydnocarpus: an ethnopharmacological, phytochemical and pharmacological review. J. Ethnopharmacol. 154:17-25. DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2014.03.029.
Medicinesfolkloremain source of chalmoogra oilAubréville, A. et al., eds. 1960-. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=19441. Accessed 12 May 2026.