Systematic Classification:
Division : Angiospermae
Class : Dicotyledons
Family : Elaeocarpaceae
Genus : Elaeocarpus
Species : munroniiCommon 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 at both ends, glabrous; lamina 4.5-9 x 2-4.5 cm, ovate to narrow ovate, apex bluntly long acuminate, base rounded or subtruncate, margin crenate, subcoriaceous, glabrous; midrib flat above; secondary nerves 4-7 pairs, branched with domatia in the axils beneath; tertiary nerves reticulo-percurrent; higher order nerves strongly reticulate. Flowers axillary in racemes, white. Fruit and Seed Drupe, elliptic to 2 cm long, smooth, seeds 1.
Economic Importance:
- Not Evaluated