| Type | Indigenous |
|---|---|
| Family | Anacardiaceae |
| Local Name | Cheru |
| Local Name 2 | Karimcheru |
| Habit | Large sized tree |
| Botanical Features | Trees,upto 30 m high, bark 5-6 mm thick, grey, smooth; exudation black. Leaves simple, alternate, estipulate; petiole 20-25 mm long, stout, glabrous; spur 2 or 4, cauducous; lamina 7.5-15 x 3.7-5 cm, spathulate, not suddenly broadened above the base, base cuneate, apex obtuse or emarginate, margin entire, dark green, glabrous, coriaceous; lateral nerves 6-9 pairs, parallel, prominent; intercostae reticulate, prominent. Flowers polygamous, purple-white, in terminal and axillary dark purple brown tomentose racemes and panicle of 30.5 cm long in males and 7.5 cm long in female flowers; pedicels stout; calyx villous, cupular, lobes 5; petals 5, white within, clothed with white hairs; stamens 5, filaments white, anthers black; disc 5 lobed; ovary inferior, obconic, tomentose, 1-celled; styles 3, recurved; stigma capitate. Fruit a drupe, 4 x 1.5 cm, obovoid, glabrous. |