| Type | Indigenous |
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| Family | Lythraceae |
| Local Name | Chenangi |
| Habit | Medium sized tree |
| Tree Seed | Fruit type: Capsule Seed weight: 26000 (Carlowitz, 1991) to 56400 seeds/kg (Sen Gupta, 1937; Chacko et al., 2002) Vernacular name: Chenanki (Malayalam); Ventek, Peikadukkai (Tamil); Adhauri (Hindi) (Chacko et al.,2002) Flowering season: April to May Fruiting season: December to February, December to May (Sen Gupta, 1937; Chacko et al., 2002) Germination type: Epigeal (Chacko et al., 2002) Germination percentage: 2 to 50 (Chacko et al., 2002). L. parviflora showed poor germination (4-9%) (Mamta Purohit et al., 1998) Method of propagation: By seeds |
| Botanical Features | Deciduous trees, to 15 m high; bark dark brown or greyish-black, vertically furrrowed, exfoliating in long, thin flakes; blaze dull yellow. Leaves simple, opposite; stipules intrapetiolar, deciduous; petiole to 5 mm long, slender, glabrous; lamina 3.5-7.5 x 2-3 cm, elliptic, obovate-elliptic or oblong, base round or acute, apex acute, acuminate or obtuse-retuse, margin entire, glabrous or shortly pubescent beneath, coriaceous; lateral nerves 6-8 pairs, pinnate, slender, prominent; intercostae reticulate, prominent. Flowers bisexual, 2 mm across, white, fragrant, in lax axillary panicles; petals 6, ovate-suborbicular; stamens many;ovary half inferior, sessile, glabrous, 4-6-celled, ovules many; style curved; stigma capitate. Fruit a capsule, 3 x 1.5 cm, 3-4 valved, ovoid, brown; seeds many; wing terminal with a thick curved back. |
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