Systematic Classification: Common Name: Kattasokam General Information: Trees grow up to 8 m tall. Bark greyish white; blaze brownish, Branchlets terete, pubescent when young. Leaves compound, pinnate, alternate, distichous, pulvinate; rachis 30 cm or more long, distinctly winged; wings obcordate; stipules paired, foliaceous, to 7 (including apex) x 2 cm, lanceolate, caudate; appendage at the […]
Systematic Classification: Common Name: Kallankaimaram General Information: Medium sized evergreen trees, up to 18 tall.Bark smooth, mottled brown and white.Young branchlets terete, pubescent.Leaves simple, alternate; stipules linear, pubescent, ca. 1 cm long, caducous; petiole 0.2-0.4 cm long; lamina 7-12 x 2.5-3 cm, lanceolate, apex acuminate, base acute or slightly cuneate, glabrous, silky hairy along midrib […]
Systematic Classification: Common Name: Mamcheru, Vellacheru General Information: Large trees, up to 35 m tall.Bark smooth; blaze light brown.Branchlets minutely pubescent when young.Latex acrid, watery, gradually turning black.Leaves simple, alternate, spiral, clustered at twig ends; petiole 0.2-0.7 cm long, stout, flat above, glabrous; lamina 8-28 x 2.2-7 cm long, oblanceolate, apex acuminate with blunt tip, […]
Systematic Classificaton: Common Name: Kattujathy, Ponnampayin, Malabar Nutmeg General Information: Trees grow up to 25 m tall. Bark greenish-black, smooth; blaze reddish. Branches horizontal; branchlets sub-terete, glabrous. Sap red from cut end of bark, profuse. Leaves simple, alternate, distichous; petiole 1.0-1.5 cm long, canaliculate above, glabrous; lamina 9.5-22 x 3.7-10 cm, elliptic or elliptic-oblong, apex […]