| Type | Indigenous |
|---|---|
| Family | Dilleniaceae |
| Local Name | Kodapunna |
| Local Name 2 | Vazhapunna |
| Local Name 3 | Malampunna |
| Habit | Large sized tree |
| Botanical Features | Tall deciduous trees, up to 15 m tall:Bark greyish white, peeling off in to flakes:Leaves simple, alternate, spiral, clustered at twig ends; petiole canaliculate, sheathing at base and leaving annular scar when fall; lamina to 60 x 20 cm, broadly obovate; apex acute or slightly acuminate, base cuneate, margin denticulate with villous teeth, pubescent on midrib and nerves beneath; midrib canaliculate above; secondary nerves many parallel, ending in to the teeth; tertiary nerves, percurrent:Flowers yellow, fascicled on old leafless branches:Fruit;Globose indehiscent carpels, fleshy, enveloping with thickened fleshy sepals; seeds 1 or 2 per carpel. |