Systematic Classification:
Division : Angiospermae
Class : Dicotyledons
Family : Annonaceae
Genus : Polyalthia
Species : fragransCommon Name:
Nedunar
General Information:
Trees grow up to 30 m tall. Bark smooth, greenish-grey, blaze pink. Branchlets floccose when young and terete. Leaves simple, alternate, distichous; petiole 0.4-0.8 cm long, stout; minutely hairy; lamina 12-25 x 4-7.5 cm, variable from narrow oblong, narrow-ovate, obovate, sometimes elliptic, apex acute to acuminate, base rounded, sometimes asymmetric, shining above, minutely hairy on nerves beneath; secondary nerves 15-23 pairs, prominent, ascending; tertiary nerves slender, percurrent, nearly parallel. Flowers in clusters, sometimes in racemes on older branches, greenish yellow. Fruit and Seed Cluster of 1-seeded berries, ovoid.
Economic Importance:
- Not evaluated.