| Type | Indigenous |
|---|---|
| Family | Flacourtiaceae |
| Synonym | Chilmoria pentandra Buch.-Ham. |
| Synonym_2 | Hydnocarpus wightiana Blume |
| Local Name | Marotti |
| Local Name 2 | Neerutti |
| Habit | Medium to Large |
| Tree Seed | Fruit type: Berry. Seed weight: 700 to 900 seeds/kg (Chacko et al., 2002). Vernacular name: Marotti, Neerutti (Malayalam); Maravetti (Tamil) (Chacko et al.,2002). Flowering season: February to March (Bourdillon, 1908) or in July to August. Fruiting season: October to December (Bourdillon, 1908) or March to April; May and June (Sen Gupta, 1937; Chacko et al., 2002). Germination type: Epigeal (Chacko et al.,2002). Germination percentage: No information (Chacko et al.,2002). |
| Botanical Features | Dioecious trees, to 25 m high, bole fluted; bark 4-5 mm thick, surface pale brown mottled with white patches, smooth, brittle; blaze creamy yellow; branchlets pubescent. Leaves simple, alternate; stipules small, lateral, cauducous; petiole 8-10 mm, stout, pubescent, grooved above; lamina 8-17 x 3-8 cm, elliptic, elliptic-lanceolate or elliptic-oblong, base acute, obtuse or round, apex acuminate, margin crenate, serrate or entire, glabrous, coriaceous, lateral nerves 6-8 pairs, pinnate, prominent, intercostae scalariform, prominent. Flowers unisexual, 5-10 mm across, greenish-yellow, solitary or in small fascicle; sepals 5, broadly ovate, pubescent; petals 5, broadly ovate, greenish-yellow, fringed with soft white hairs, with a scale at the base; scales half as long as petals, densely hairy; stamens 5-15; filaments subulate, hairy at the base; anthers of female flowers possess no pollen; ovary globose, 1-celled, tomentose; stigma sessile and two lobbed. Fruit a berry 5-7 cm across, globose, rind thick, brown, rough with uneven surface; seeds numerous, yellowish, obtusely angular. |
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