taxonID	type	description	language	source
03BFA612FD636515FCACF8ABB083A36F.taxon	materials_examined	Type: INDIA, Gujarat, Rajkot, Osam hills, on the way to Matri Mataji temple, above 214 m, 04.09.2024, KDT, AMV & KSR 012 - 015 / 2024 (holo BSJO; iso BARO). Deciduous, dioecious, smalltrees, 2 – 3 mtall. Outer bark peeling off in dull yellow strips, with large brown-black lenticels. Exudate white, viscous, scanty, hardly scented. Branches with few, large brown lenticels, spine-tipped; spines short, 1 – 1.5 cm long. Leaves simple, alternate, 4 – 5 together from each node, internodes very short, clustered, subsessile; petiole 1 – 2 mm long; lamina 2 – 6 × 1 – 4 cm, obovate, base cuneate, glandular hairs present at the base, margin serrate-dentate, apex acute to obtuse. Inflorescence an axillary cyme; flowers unisexual, precocious or appearing with leaves; sessile. Male flowers 1 – 3, 5 – 6 × 1.5 mm. Sepals 4, united, 2 – 2.5 × 0.5 mm, campanulate, red, glandular hairs few. Petals 4, free, 3 – 5 × 0.5 mm, linear, red, recurved. Disc 4 - lobed. Stamens 8, unequal, 4 short, 4 long; shorter stamens 2 mm long, antipetalous; longer stamens 4 mm long, alternipetalous. Ovary rudimentary. Female flowers 1 – 2, 4 – 5 × 1.5 mm. Sepals 4, united, 2 – 2.5 × 0.5 mm, campanulate, pale red, few glandular hairs. Petals 4, free, 3 – 4 × 0.5 mm, linear, red to yellowish-red, recurved. Disc 4 - lobed. Stamens sterile 8, 4 short, 4 long; shorter stamens c. 1 mm long, antipetalous; longer stamens c. 1.5 mm long, alternipetalous. Ovary superior, c. 1.5 mm long, 2 - loculed, ovoid; 1 ovule in each locule, only one ovule becomes mature in fruit; style 2 mm long; stigma 2 - lobed. Fruit a drupe, 7 – 9 × 6 – 9 mm, subglobose to obovoid, slightly flattened, asymmetrical, beaked, beak up to 1 mm long; exocarp glabrous, red-maroon in ripe fruit, mesocarp fleshy. Stone 5 – 7 × c. 4 mm, asymmetrically ovoid, with one fertile and one sterile locule, rugose, brown; pseudaril with 4 equal arms, yellow, reaching almost the apex. Vernacular name: Gugal. Flowering & fruiting: March to September. Habitat: Osam Hill is located at Patanvav village, near Upleta (Saurashtra) and is particularly known for the perlite oars (Anonymous, 2015). This landscape is predominated by thorn-mixed dry deciduous forests. Two-thirds of the hilly terrain is covered by grasses. The soil and substratum of the hills consist of loam-mixed gravels and rocky slopes. Distribution: So far known from the Osam hills, on the way to Goddess Matri Mataji temple, Rajkot district, Gujarat, India. Etymology: The specific epithet ‘ shankarsinhiana ’ is in honour of the Late Mr. Shankarsinh N. Rajput (July 1927 - July 2005) who was a traditional herbal medicine practitioner of the Khandesh region of North Maharashtra. He was known for curing Diphtheria among the children of rural areas. Species examined: INDIA, Gujarat, Rajkot district, Osam hills, 214 m, 04.09.2024, KDT & PNJ- 073 / 2023; KDT, AMV & KSR- 012 - 015 / 2024 (BARO).	en	K. D., Thacker, E. B., Joshi, P. N., Joshi, A. M., Vasava, Rajput, K. S. (2025): Commiphora shankarsinhiana (Burseraceae), a new species from Gujarat, India. Rheedea 35 (1): 7-12, DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2025.35.01.02
