| Type | Indigenous |
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| Family | Euphorbiaceae |
| Synonym | Dryptes roxburghii (Wall.) Haruswaha |
| Local Name | Poothilanji |
| Habit | Medium sized tree |
| Botanical Features | Trees, bark dark grey, whitish when young with horizontal lenticels; branches generally pendent; branchlets terete, brown or blackish, slender, pubescent. Leaves simple, alternate; stipule small, lateral, caducous; petiole 5-7 mm long, slender, pubescent; lamina 3.5-12 x 1.5-4.5 cm, elliptic-oblong, base oblique, apex shortly acuminate, acute or obtuse with retuse tip; margin serrate or serrulate, glabrous, dark green, shining, coriaceous; lateral nerves 8-12 pairs, pinnate, flowers yellow; fruit a drupe, 1.3-2 x 1.5 cm, white tomentose; seed one. |
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