| Type | Indigenous |
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| Family | Combretaceae |
| Local Name | Pullamaruthu |
| Local Name 2 | Maruthu |
| Habit | Large sized tree |
| Tree Seed | Fruit type: Drupe. Seed weight: 26,130 to 59,966 seeds/kg; 3,880 fruits/kg (Sen Gupta, 1937; Chacko et al.,2002). Vernacular name: Pullamaruthu, Maruthu (Malayalam), Admarudu, Pillamarudu, Vellimaruthu, Pullamathu (Tamil), Ulvi, Hongal (Kannada) (Chacko et al., 2002). Pulvai, Venmarudu, Poomarudu. Flowering season: Aug -Dec (Brandis,1921), July -December (Bourdillon, 1908). Fruiting season: Ripen at December to May (Sen Gupta, 1937; Chacko et al.,2002). Germination type: Epigeal (Chacko et al., 2002). Germination percentage: 2 to 3.75 (Sen Gupta, 1937; Chacko et al., 2002). Method of propagation: By seeds |
| Botanical Features | Deciduous trees, bole often fluted; bark surface brown, rough, vertical fissures shallow, fibrous, blaze reddish-pink, mottled; young parts silky pubescent; branchlets reddish. Leaves simple, lower leaves subopposite, upper alternate, exstipulate; petiole 12-15 mm long, stout, slightly grooved above, glabrous; lamina 10-24 x 5-10 cm, elliptic, oblong, ovate, elliptic-oblong or ovate-oblong, base round, obtuse, cordate or oblique; apex acute or acuminate, margin entire; rusty pubescent when young and glabrescent when mature, coriaceous, 2 sessile glands beneath the base of the lamina or at the junction of petiole and lamina; lateral nerve 5-15 pairs, pinnate, flowers bisexual, white, fruit a drupe 13 x 12 mm, reddish-brown, rusty tomentose, with one large and 2 small wings; seed one. |
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