| Type | Indigenous |
|---|---|
| Family | Chrysobalanaceae |
| Synonym | Parinarium travancoricum Bedd. |
| Local Name | Kallankaimaram |
| Habit | Medium to large sized tree |
| Botanical Features | Evergreen trees, bark greyish-brown mottled with white, smooth, thin; blaze dull red; branchlets pubescent. Leaves simple, alternate; stipules free, lateral, subulate; petiole 2-6 mm, stout, grooved above, silky tomentose when young and glabrous at maturity; lamina 4-16.5 x 1.7-4.8 cm, elliptic, elliptic-oblong or elliptic-lanceolate, base acute, apex acuminate or acute, margin entire, glabrous and glossy above except silky pubescent midrib, coriaceous; lateral nerves 11-17 pairs,flowers bisexual, pale lavender, usually in axillary silky-villous; fruit a drupe 2-3.5 x 2-3 cm, suborbicular, compressed brown, smooth. |