Systematic Classification:
Division : Angiospermae
Class : Dicotyledons
Family : Chrysobalanaceae
Genus : Atuna
Species : indicaCommon Name:
Kallankai maram
General Information:
Evergreen trees, bark brown, smooth, thin; blaze reddish. Leaves simple, alternate, stipulate; stipules free, lateral, lanceolate; petiole 6-12 mm long, stout, glabrous; lamina 17-21 x 5.5-7.5 cm, oblong, elliptic-lanceolate, elliptic-oblong or elliptic-ovate, base acute, apex acuminate or obtusely acuminate, margin entire, glabrous, chartaceous; lateral nerves 12-18 pairs, pinnate, prominent, intercostae reticulate, prominent. Flowers bisexual, white, in axillary or terminal corymbose racemes; bracts brown, hairy; calyx tube funnel-shaped, pubescent; lobes 5, imbricate; petals 5, white, inserted to the mouth of calyx tube; stamens many; filaments basally connate, anthers small; ovary adnate to the side of calyx tube, 2-celled, ovules 2, erect; style filiform, basal; stigma truncate. Fruit a drupe, 3.5-4 x 2.5-3 cm, ovoid, smooth.