| Type | Indigenous |
|---|---|
| Family | Meliaceae |
| Synonym | Nimmonia lawii Wight |
| Synonym_2 | Amoora lawii (Wight.) Bedd. |
| Local Name | Karakil |
| Local Name 2 | Vellacheeralam |
| Habit | Medium sized tree |
| Botanical Features | Trees, bark 3-4 mm thick, surface brownish-grey, mottled with green, smooth, exfoliations thin, semi fibrous; blaze creamy yellow, exudation white; young parts, inflorescence, calyx and fruits covered by yellowish-brown lepidote scales. Leaves imparipinnate, alternate, estipulate; rachis 3.2-20 cm long, slender or stout, swollen at base covered with yellowish-brown lepidote scales; leaflets 3-5, opposite or subopposite, estipellate; petiolule 3-10 mm, stout or slender, covered with peltate scales, grooved above; lamina 6-20 x 1.5-7 cm, asymmetrically broad ovate, elliptic-lanceolate or elliptic-obovate, base obliquely acute or obtuse, apex acuminate, obtuse or obtusely acuminate, margin entire, glabrous, lateral nerves 7-18 pairs, pinnate, prominent, hairy gland like galls some times present in the axils of lateral veins. Flowers polygamo-dioecious, white; fruit a capsule, 1.5-2 cm long, obovoid, obtuse, yellow; seeds surrounded by a fleshy aril |