| Type | Indigenous |
|---|---|
| Family | Anacardiaceae |
| Synonym | Pegia colebrookeana (Wt.) |
| Synonym_2 | Blackburnia monadelpha Roxb., |
| Synonym_3 | Nothopegia monadelpha (Roxb.) Forman |
| Local Name | Chorappala |
| Local Name 2 | Era |
| Habit | Medium sized tree |
| Botanical Features | Evergreen trees, bark greyish-brown, smooth; exudation white, acrid, branchlets dark, lenticellate, ultimate branchlets pubescent. Leaves simple, alternate, 5-15 x 2.5-5 cm, elliptic, elliptic-obovate, elliptic-oblong or obovate, apex acuminate, base acute, narrowed or attenuate, margin entire, glabrous, coriaceous; petiole 10-17 mm, stout, glabrous, grooved above; lateral nerves 15-21 pairs, parallel, prominent, flowers small, greenish-white, fruit a drupe, 1-2 cm across, fleshy, pinkish-red, globose, acute at apex, pericarp thick, filled with black resin-cells. |