Systematic Classification: Common Name: Kasavu General Information: Trees up to 5 m tall.Branchlets terete, glabrous.Leaves simple, opposite, decussate, sessile or subsessile; lamina 5-13 x 2.5-5.5 cm, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, apex acute or obtuse, base rounded to subcordate, margin entire, thickly coriaceous; midrib canaliculate above; secondary nerves and tertiary nerves obscure or former slightly visible when […]
Systematic Classification: Common Name: Nilgiri miliusa General Information: Large shrubs or small trees, up to 5m tall.Branchlets terete, rugose.Leaves simple, alternate, distichous; petioles 0.3- 0.7 cm long; lamina 5-10 x 2-4 cm, ovate, lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, apex caudate-acuminate, base subcuneate, glabrous; secondary nerves ca. 6 pairs, not prominent; tertiary nerves reticulate.Flowers solitary, axillary or extra-axillary, […]
Systematic Classification: Common Name: Chandanam, Shrikhand General Information: Evergreen trees, to 10 m high, bark surface dark grey to nearly black, rough with short vertical cracks. Leaves simple, opposite, estipulate; petiole 12-18 mm long, slender, glabrous, grooved above; lamina 3.7-12 x 2-4 cm, elliptic, elliptic-ovate or ovate-lanceolate, base acute or round, apex acute, margin entire, […]
Systematic Classification: Common Name: Irumbarappan General Information: Small to medium sized evergreen trees, bark yellowish-grey, shallowly fissured. Leaves lanceolate, caudate-acuminate, base cuneate, glabrous and glossy, to 10 x 2.5 cm. Flowers 3 mm across in few-flowered, short umbels. Calyx glabrous, shortly 5-lobed. Corolla greenish-yellow, lobes oblong, acute, 1.5 mm long. Economic Importance: Very hard wood […]