| Type | Indigenous |
|---|---|
| Family | Anacardiaceae |
| Local Name | Punnacheru |
| Habit | Medium sized tree |
| Botanical Features | Evergreen trees, to 25 m high, bark greyish-white, smooth; exudation acrid. Leaves simple, alternate, crowded at the tip of branchlets, estipulate; petiole 10-20 mm, stout, glabrous; spur 2, linear, deciduous; lamina 7-17.5 x 4-10 cm, obovate, not suddenly broadened above the middle, base attenuate, apex obtuse or emarginate, margin entire, glabrous, coriaceous; lateral nerves 7-12 pairs. Flowers small, polygamous; calyx cupular, shortly 5-toothed; petals 5, ciliate along the margins, obscure in bisexual flowers; stamens 5; filaments subulate; ovary inferior, 1-celled, ovule pendulous; style 3, divergent; stigmas capitate. Fruit a drupe, obovoid, included within hypocarp, rusty tomentose. |