Systematic Classification: Common Name: Undapayin, Bitter nutmeg General Information: Bitter Nutmeg is an evergreen tree up to 25 m tall, bark 10-14 mm thick, surface blackish-green, smooth; sap watery, red; branchlets hairless. Leaves are simple, alternate, leaf-stalk 1.0-2.5 cm long, grooved above, hairless; blade 12-25 x 4-10 cm, oblong or elliptic-ovate, base pointed, round or […]
Systematic Classification: Common Name: Punnampuli, KOkkam General Information: Small trees, up to 10 m tall.Bark light brown, smooth, fissured when old; blaze reddish.Branches horizontal; branchlets opposite, subangular, glabrous.Latex yellowish, profuse.Leaves simple, opposite, decussate; petiole 0.7-1.5 cm long, planoconvex, glabrous, slightly sheathing at base; lamina 6-12 x 1.5-4.3 cm, narrow-elliptic to narrow-obovate, apex obtuse or acute […]
Systematic Classification: Common name: Manjakkanji General Information: Evergreen trees, to 15 m high, bark 6 mm thick, brown mottled with white, rough, vertically fissured; exudation sweet-scented; branchlets quadrangular, glabrous. Leaves simple, opposite, decussate, estipulate; petiole 2-5 mm long, slender, glabrous, grooved above; lamina 4-10 x 1.5-4 cm, elliptic or oblanceolate, base narrow or cuneate, apex […]
Systematic Classification: Common Name: Ponavu, Thandidiyan General Information: Trees grow up to 30 m high, bark 6-8 mm thick, surface greyish-brown, shallowly fissured; blaze pink-red; latex milky white; younger branches fulvous tomentose. Leaves simple, alternate, crowded at the tip of branchlets, estipulate; petiole 15-45 mm, slender, pubescent, swollen at base; lamina 15-30 x 6.5-7.5, linear-elliptic, […]