Calophyllum calaba L.

Type
Indigenous
Family
Clusiaceae (Guttiferae)
Synonym
Calophyllum apetalum Willd.
Synonym_2
Calophyllum decipiens Wight
Synonym_3
Calophyllum wightianum Wall.ex Planch. & Triana
Local Name
Cherupunna
Local Name 2
Attupunna
Local Name 3
Manjapunna
Habit
Medium to large sized tree
Botanical Features

Trees, to 20 m high, bark yellowish-brown, reddish-brown inside rough, deeply fissured; blaze brown to whitish; exudation yellow; branchlets slender, quadrangular, finely, minutely tomentellous to almost glabrous. Leaves simple, opposite, decussate, estipulate; petiole 4-12 mm long, stout, minutely tomentellous, glabrescent or glabrous, canaliculated above; lamina 5-11 x 3-5 cm, obovate, ovate-oblong or oblong, base acute, cuneate, cuneate-subacute or cuneate-round, apex retuse or obtuse, margin entire, glabrous, coriaceous; lateral nerves many, parallel. Flowers bisexual, white; peduncle densely rusty pubescent, slender; pedicels glabrous or sparsely pubescent; sepals 4, white,oblong or obovate, concave; petals absent; stamens numerous, slender; anthers large; ovary superior, globose, ovule 1, erect; style slender; stigma peltate, concave. Fruit a drupe, ovoid, bright orange or yellowish-orange; pericarp thin, pleasantly sweet, edible; seed ovoid to ellipsoid, pale brown.