Systematic Classification: Common 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, […]
Systematic Classification: Common Name: Kundalapala, Koonampala General Information: Deciduous trees, up to 8 m tall.Bark grey, scaly, blaze pinkish cream.Branchlets terete, glabrous.Latex milky white.Leaves simple, opposite, pairs unequal, decussate; petiole 0.6-2 cm long with a short clasping sheath at base; lamina 10-25 x 3-8.5 cm, narrow elliptic, apex caudate acuminate, base acute or attenuate with […]
Systematic Classification: Common Name: Poriyal General Information: Evergreen trees, to 25 m high, bark surface greyish-brown, longitudinally fissured, peeling off in thin irregular flakes, inner bark grey; branchlets tetragonus. Leaves simple, opposite, estipulate; petiole 10-20 mm long, stout, grooved above, glabrous; lamina 8-16.5 x 5-8.5 cm, ovate or ovate-oblong, base narrowed and decurrent on petiole, […]
Systematic Classification: Common Name: Thuvara, Karumaram General Information: Trees grow up to 16 m tall. Bark black, smooth; blaze dull orange. Young branchlets terete, covered by black, sooty hairs. Leaves simple, alternate, distichous; petiole 0.5-1.1 cm long, flat, glabrous; lamina 9-27 x 3.5-8 cm, usually narrow elliptic-oblong to lanceolate, apex acute to acuminate with blunt […]