| Type | Indigenous |
|---|---|
| Family | Meliaceae |
| Synonym | Amoora ficiformis Wight |
| Local Name | Karakil |
| Local Name 2 | Akil |
| Habit | Large sized tree |
| Botanical Features | Evergreen trees, to 30 m high, bark surface pale, smooth; branchlets densely yellowish-white puberulus. Leaves imparipinnate, alternate, estipulate; rachis 9.5-24 cm long, stout, angular, swollen at base, pubescent; leaflets 5-11, opposite, subopposite or alternate, estipellate; petiolule 5-10 mm long, stout, pubescent; lamina 7.5-20 x 3-7.5 cm, elliptic-oblong, elliptic-lanceolate or ovate-oblong, base oblique, apex acuminate, margin entire, coriaceous, glabrous; lateral nerves 8-18 pairs, pinnate, slender, prominent, intercostae reticulate, prominent or not. Flowers bisexual, greenish-yellow; in axillary dense puberulus panicles; calyx 6 mm long, shortly 4-lobed, fleshy, puberulus outside; petals 4, 8 mm long, minutely pubescent; disc tubular, margin slightly toothed; staminal tube 8 mm long, mouth crenulate; anthers 8, included; ovary superior, densely hairy, 4-celled, ovules 1-2 in each cell; style stout, almost as long as staminal tube; stigma capitate with a ring at base, slightly exserted. Fruit a capsule, yellowish-purple, smooth; seeds 3-4. |