Mamea longifolia (Wight) Planch. & Triana

Type
Indigenous
Family
Clusiaceae (Guttiferae)
Synonym
Calycassion longifolium Wight
Synonym_2
Ochrocarpus longifolius (Wight) Benth.ex T.Anders.
Local Name
Shurum Punna
Habit
Medium sized tree
Botanical Features

Evergreen tree, monoecious; bark rough, defoliating in irregular pieces; latex milky; branchlets obscurely 4-angled. Leaves opposite or verticillate, at ends of branchlets, oblong, oblong-lanceolate or elliptic, obtuse, acute or shortly cuneate at base, entire at margin, emarginate, retuse or short-acuminate at apex, 12-20 x 4.5-7.8 cm, glabrous, midnerve stout, channelled above, raised and striate beneath; lateral nerves 15-20 pairs, faint, flowers uni-and bisexual, white or pinkish, berries obliquely ovoid, 2.2-3 x 1-1.5 cm, seeds 1-4.