Calophyllaceae
Alexandrian laurel
Calophyllum inophyllum
- Family
- Calophyllaceae
- Genus
- Calophyllum
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Common names
By language (33)
- ace
- Bunot
- arz
- جار اسكندرانى
- ban
- Camplung
- Bangla
- পুন্নাগ
- bjn
- Nyamplung
- Burmese
- ပုန်းညက်ပင်
- Catalan
- Llorer d'Alexandria
- Chinese
- 紅厚殼, 红厚壳, 胡桐, 君子树, 呀拉菩, 海棠木, 海棠果, 琼崖海棠树
- Czech
- Kalaba obvejčitá
- English
- Alexandrian laurel, Beach calophyllum, Borneo mahogany, Balltree, Beach touriga, Beautyleaf, Indian doomba oiltree, Indian laurel
- Finnish
- Öljypallopuu
- French
- Tacamahaca, Tamanu
- Hebrew
- קלופילום אינפילום
- Japanese
- テリハボク
- Javanese
- Nyamplung
- Kannada
- ಪುನ್ನಾಗ
- Khmer
- ខ្ទឹង
- mad
- Nyamplong
- Malagasy
- Foraha, Vintanindrano, Voakoly
- Malay
- Pokok Bintangor Laut
- Malayalam
- പുന്ന, പുന്നക്ക, പുന്നയ്ക്ക, പുന്നാകം, പുന്നാഗം
- Marathi
- उंडी
- Odia
- ପୋଲାଙ୍ଗ
- Russian
- Александрийский лавр
- shn
- သၽီႇ, တူၼ်ႈသၽီႇ, မွၵ်ႇသၽီႇ
- Spanish
- Aceite de tamanu
- Sundanese
- Nyamplung
- Tamil
- புன்னை, புன்னை மரம்
- Telugu
- పున్నాగ, పొన్న, పొన్న చెట్టు
- Thai
- กระทิง
- Tongan
- Fetaʻu
- ty
- Tamanu
- Vietnamese
- Mù u
Synonyms
- Balsamaria inophyllum Lour.
- Calophyllum apetalum Blanco
- Calophyllum bingator Roxb.
- Calophyllum bintagor Roxb.
- Calophyllum blumei Wight
- Calophyllum inophyllum f. oblongata Miq.
- Calophyllum inophyllum f. obovata Miq.
- Calophyllum inophyllum var. takamaka Fosberg
- Calophyllum inophyllum var. wakamatsui (Kaneh.) Fosberg & Sachet
- Calophyllum ovatifolium Noronha
- Calophyllum wakamatsui Kaneh.
Flowers
- In flower
- September to July (from 121 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Pacific Basin: native, Puerto Rico: introduced
Toxicity: Slight, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Ramesh Shenai, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Hamas Fathani, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Licheng Shih, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Samuel Lee, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: YVSREDDY, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: YVSREDDY, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thomas Mesaglio, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: YVSREDDY, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Brecht Verstraete, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: YVSREDDY, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Navaneeth Sini George, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.