| Type | Indigenous |
|---|---|
| Family | Datiscaceae |
| Local Name | Cheeni |
| Habit | Large sized tree |
| Botanical Features | Deciduous dioecious trees, bole buttressed; bark greyish-white, smooth, tuberculate-lenticellate; blaze dull yellow. Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, crowded at the apex of branchlets; petiole 5-15 cm long, slender, tomentose; lamina 7.5-20 x 5-12 cm, orbicular-ovate or broadly ovate, base cordate, apex acute-acuminate, margin glandular-serrate, coriaceous, glabrous above, densely tomentose beneath; nerves 3-5 from base, palmate, prominent, lateral nerves 4-9 pairs, pinnate, flowers unisexual, yellowish-green; fruit a capsule, 5-6 mm long, urceolate, seeds minute, brown. |
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