| 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. |