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335: 686: 676: 51: 657: 100: 278: 666: 75: 996: 331:(nearly evergreen) tree with a comparatively short fluted trunk and a shade spreading crown. It is frost and drought hardy and is subject to damage by grazing. It produces root-suckers freely, and it has good cropping power. The wood is very hard and reddish brown. This tree is noted for its growth of new leaves that are bright red. In India the growth of these bright red leaves happens around March. 434:
that is well drained. It is occasionally found in swampy locations, but it usually grows on rather dry soil, at low altitudes, but can be found at 900–1200 meters. The requirement of normal
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is 2.5 to 3 cm long - roughly the size of a small plum - and ovoid, 1-3 celled, and more or less abruptly tapering to a point, dry indehiscent.
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to form a tunnel-like tube as it traverses the branches of the tree. A variety of trees are able to host the insect, but the resin produced on the
1480: 1196: 384:: The seed is 1.5 cm long, smooth, brown, and enclosed in a succulent aril which has an acidic taste, and contains 25-38% oil and up to 22% 1519: 1222: 1635: 334: 1568: 1258: 1428: 1144: 1493: 1441: 1209: 1157: 1006: 795: 786: 838: 1640: 1498: 1214: 727: 1524: 1227: 1467: 1183: 394:: The kernel is 16-20% of the dried fruit and 60-64% of the seed. It is 51-52% oil. The kernel is susceptible to 1586: 1276: 791: 1344: 1000: 1368: 1363: 1097: 1092: 1079: 752: 99: 1581: 1446: 1271: 777: 1162: 1534: 1237: 967: 826: 1263: 728:
Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI).; IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group (2019).
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Georg Eberhard Rumphius. Herbarium Amboinense. Cussambium. Liber I, Cap. 47, 1741
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is 750–2800 mm. and ambient temperature of 35-47.5 °C.
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insect which is native to India. Its seeds are the source of
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and the Deccan Plateau. In Sri Lanka it is known as
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430:. It grows in rocky, gravelly, or loamy, slightly 480:, a kind of palm tree. The German-Dutch botanist 1627: 1012:Schleichera oleosa - The Wood Explorer Database 474:), the latter being a name that it shares with 338:Young leaves blooming in various shades of red 837: 73: 49: 751: 636:, whose female secretes a resin known as 30:"Kusum" redirects here. For the oil, see 684: 674: 664: 655: 333: 276: 796:United States Department of Agriculture 787:Germplasm Resources Information Network 14: 1628: 772: 770: 1021: 1020: 851:The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov) 1535:0984dd6e-e264-4719-a99e-91dd6f43085b 1238:47900f80-554a-4ae4-8f90-a34e0361ff02 1636:IUCN Red List least concern species 767: 739:IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 24: 886: 845:​Schleichera oleosa​ 630:The tree is a host of the lac bug 25: 1657: 988: 947:"Schleichera oleosa - Kusum Tree" 1587:urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:784721-1 1277:urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331940-2 994: 422:, Central and Southern parts of 418:and Southeast Asia. It grows in 98: 960: 939: 930: 495:In India it is mostly known as 919: 895: 865: 831: 820: 809: 13: 1: 792:Agricultural Research Service 714: 302:. There is only one species, 1641:Monotypic Sapindaceae genera 484:, who lived for 45 years in 308:, a tree that occurs in the 7: 926:เมล็ดค้อ Livistona speciosa 697: 510: 10: 1662: 1007:AgroForestry Tree Database 972:Plants of the World Online 746:: e.T145823995A145823997. 653: 647: 401: 319: 29: 1313: 1029: 471: 459: 263: 256: 238: 231: 95:Scientific classification 93: 71: 62: 57: 48: 41: 625: 441: 644:tree is least colored. 482:Georg Eberhard Rumphius 294:genus of plants in the 690: 680: 670: 660: 450:this tree is known as 339: 282: 688: 678: 668: 659: 613:Stadtmannia pubescens 609:(Willd.) Roxb. ex DC. 587:Schleichera pubescens 565:(B.Heyne ex Roth) DC. 337: 280: 1003:at Wikimedia Commons 949:. 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Index

Kusum
Kusum oil

Conservation status
Least Concern
IUCN 3.1
Scientific classification
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Plantae
Tracheophytes
Angiosperms
Eudicots
Rosids
Sapindales
Sapindaceae
Sapindoideae
Schleichera
Lour.
Binomial name
Oken
Synonyms

monotypic
soapberry
Sapindaceae
Indian Subcontinent
Southeast Asia
deciduous

leaves

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