| Type | Indigenous |
|---|---|
| Family | Erythroxylaceae |
| Local Name | Playachandanam |
| Habit | Small sized tree |
| Botanical Features | Small glabrous trees, to 7 m high:bark dark-brown, very rough, lenticellate:branchlets compressed:Leaves simple, alternate, rarely distichous; stipules intrapetiolar, on the arrested shoots imbricating; petioles 3-8 mm, slender, grooved above, glabrous, chartaceous; lamina 2-6.5 x 1-3 cm, obovate or oblanceolate, base attenuate or cuneate, apex obtuse, margin entire, lateral nerves 6-14 pairs, pinnate, slender, faint, intercostae reticulate, faint;Flowers bisexual, white, axillary, solitary or 1-4 in axillary fascicles; sepals 5-6, ovate, acute, glabrous; petals 5-6, white, oblong, with an erect double ligule on inner side, imbricate, stamens 10-12, monadelphous; ovary 3-4-celled, styles 3-4, united into a style with capitate stigmas; ovary superior, 3-4-celled, ovules 1-2 in each cell:Fruit a drupe, some what 3-angled, ellipsoid, apiculate, glabrous, reddish:Seed one. |