Buchanania lanceolata Wt.

Buchanania lanceolata Wt.

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Systematic Classification:

Division    : Angiospermae
Class	    : Dicotyledons
Family	    : Anacardiaceae
Genus	    : Buchanania
Species	    : lanceolata

Common Name:

Kulamavu, Malamavu

General Importance:

Trees, Branchlets terete, glabrous.Leaves simple, alternate, spiral, crowded at the end of the branchlets; petioles 1-1.5 cm long, glabrous, canaliculate; leaf blade 5-11.5 x 2-3.5 cm, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, apex shortly acuminate, base cuneate, glabrous beneath, secondary nerves 10-12 pairs, tertiary nerves reticulate.Inflorescence terminal or axillary panicle, 5-7 cm long, finely rusty tomentose; flowers bisexual, yellow; pedicels 0.5-1 cm long, pubescent, calyx ovate, pubescent; petals glabrous, reflexed.Drupe, 1.5 cm across, compressed, glabrous, 1-seeded.

Economic Importance:

  • Kernel edible