| Type | Indigenous |
|---|---|
| Family | Anacardiaceae |
| Local Name | Avukkaram |
| Habit | Very large sized tree |
| Botanical Features | Trees, to 30 m high, bark surface greyish-brown blotched with black, smooth, glabrous; blaze dull red; exudation black on drying. Leaves simple, alternate, clustered at the tips of branchlets, estipulate; petiole 20-110 mm, stout, glabrous; lamina 20-60 x 10-15 cm, obovate or obovate-oblong, base acute, apex obtuse, round or emarginate, margin entire, revolute, glabrous, coriaceous; lateral nerve seated on a short broad furrowed hypo carp; pericarp thick; seed pendulous. |