Systematic Classification: Common Name: Karimaram General Information: Trees up to 20 m tall. Bark smooth, dark; blaze reddish.Branchlets terete, adpressed hairs when young.Leaves simple, alternate, distichous; petiole to 0.6-1.1 cm long, canaliculate, hairy when young, glabrous when mature; lamina to 6-18 x 3.5-7.5 cm, oblong to elliptic-oblong, apex gradually acuminate with blunt tip, sometimes obtuse, […]
Systematic Classification: Common Name: Kalrudraksham General Information: Trees grow up to 15 m tall. Bark greyish, smooth; blaze cream. Branches with architecture of “ Aubreville model ”; branchlets terete with scars of fallen leaves. Leaves simple, alternate, spiral, clustered at twig ends; stipules lanceolate, 0.3 cm long, caducous; petiole 1.8-4.5 cm long, slender, terete, swollen […]
Systematic Classification: Common Name: Adakkapayin General Information: Evergreen trees, about 20-30 m tall, trunk about 2 m girth, with dense irregular crown, and spreading sympodial branches. Bark smooth, pale grayish, patched with dark colours, bole straight, buttressed, with creamy white or yellow resin, young buds and shoots outside of perianth exposed. Leaves simple, alternate, very […]
Systematic Classification: Common Name: Undapayin, Kanara Nutmeg General Information: Kanara Nutmeg is an endangered, endemic tree of Western Ghats. The species is exclusively associated with swampy conditions and habitat destruction seems to be the major threat. The species name canarica alludes to the north Karnataka region called Kanara. It is an evergreen tree up to […]