| Type | Indigenous |
|---|---|
| Family | Meliaceae |
| Local Name | Chuvannacheeralam |
| Habit | Medium to large sized tree |
| Botanical Features | Trees, bark 4-5 mm thick, smooth, brown; blaze reddish-brown; young shoots golden brown, densely peltate scaly. Leaves imparipinnate, alternately, estipulate; rachis 25-35 cm long, stout, covered with peltate scales, swollen at base, grooved above; leaflets 7-11, alternate, estipellate; petiolule 7-20 mm long, slender, grooved above, covered with peltate scales, lamina 6-21 x 2.5-8 cm, oblong, oblong-lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, base obliquely round or acute, apex acuminate, margin entire, upper surface minutely pitted with peltate scales, lower surface with numerous peltate scales on the midrib and lateral nerves, coriaceous; lateral nerves 10-19 pairs, parallel, prominent, flowers polygamo dioecious, yellow; fruit a capsule, 3.5-4.5 x 2.7-4 cm, thick and granular; seeds 1-3, 1.7-2.5 x 1-1.5 cm, completely surround by a thin pale pink translucent aril. |