| Type | Indigenous |
|---|---|
| Family | Combretaceae |
| Synonym | Conocarpus latifolia Roxb.ex DC. |
| Local Name | Mazhukanjiram |
| Local Name 2 | Njama |
| Local Name 3 | Vekkali |
| Local Name 4 | Korattykanjiram |
| Habit | Medium sized tree |
| Tree Seed | Fruit type: Drupe. Seed weight: 1,06,000 to 1,36,000 seeds/kg (FRI, 1984; Chacko et al., 2002). Vernacular name: Mazhukanjiram, Malakanjiram, Korattykanjiram, Vellanava (Malayalam); Namai, Namme, Vekkali, Vellagagai (Tamil); Bakla, Dhauta (Hindi) (Chacko et al., 2002). Flowering season: March to May; May-August (Bose et al., 1998). Fruiting season: January to February, December to May (Sen Gupta, 1937; Chacko et al., 2002). Germination type: Epigeal (Chacko et al., 2002). Germination percentage: Very low (0.05 to 4.62) (FRI, 1984; Chacko et al., 2002). Method of propagation: Vegetative propagation through root cutting and by seeds. |
| Botanical Features | Deciduous trees, bark surface grey or yellowish-grey, smooth, subverrucose, lenticellate; blaze pinkish-brown; branchlets brown to reddish-brown, drooping, terete, pubescent. Leaves simple, opposite to alternate, estipulate; petiole 5-15 mm, slender, grooved above, glabrous; lamina 2.5-18 x 1.7-9 cm, elliptic, elliptic-oblong, suborbicular, or oblong-obovate, base obtuse, round, cuneate or acute, apex obtuse, emarginate or mucronate, margin entire, glabrous, subcoriaceous; lateral nerves 4-11 paired, pinnate, prominent beneath, arched towards the margin, flowers bisexual, pale green or yellow, fruit a drupe, 6-8 mm across, greenish-yellow, compressed, puberulous, circular; wings 2, margin entire or slightly undulate, beaked; seed one, obovate. |
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