Author: MSSBG

Dipterocarpus indicus Bedd.

Systematic Classification: Common Name: Kalpain, Karanjili General Information: Large trees up to 60 m tall.Bark smooth, grey; blaze brown.Branchlets terete, glabrous with annular scars formed by fallen stipules; young branchlets stellate pubescent.Leaves simple, alternate, spiral and clustered at twig ends; stipules in younger stages lanceolate, to 5.5 cm long, densely stellate tomentose; petiole to 3 […]

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Hopea parviflora Bedd

Systematic Classification: Common Name: Irumbagam, Kambagam, Malabar Iron wood General Information: Trees up to 35 m tall.Bark brown, scaly.Branchlets terete, pubescent when young.Leaves simple, alternate, spiral; stipules caducous; petiole to 0.6 cm long, slightly canaliculate above, pubescent when young; lamina 4.5-10 x 1.5-3.5 cm, lanceolate or narrow ovate, apex narrow acute to gradually acuminate, base […]

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Ficus exasperata

Systematic Classication: Common Name: Sandpaper tree, Forest sandpaper fig, White fig, or Sandpaper leaf tree. General Information: Deciduous trees, up to 18 m tall.Bark pale, greenish, lenticellate.Young branchlets terete, with stout white scabrid hairs.Latex watery, profuse.Leaves simple, alternate, spiral; stipule in pairs, lateral, caducous and leaving scar; petiole 1-6 cm long, canaliculate, with stout white […]

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Elaeocarpus serratus L.

Systematic Classification: Common Name: Ceylon olive, Rudraksham, Kaarakka or Kaara ,Belfoi General Information: Elaeocarpus serratus is a tropical flowering plant in the family Elaeocarpaceae. It is found in the Indian Subcontinent, Indo-China and South East Asia. It is an ornamental medium-sized tree indigenous to Sri Lanka.Trees up to 18 m tall.Bark brownish, smooth; blaze orange […]

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