| Type | Indigenous |
|---|---|
| Family | Myristicaceae |
| Local Name | Ponnampayin |
| Local Name 2 | Pathiripoo |
| Local Name 3 | Malabar nutmeg |
| Local Name 4 | Bombay mace |
| Habit | Medium sized tree |
| Tree Seed | Fruit type: Capsule. Seed weight: 100 to 150 seeds/kg Vernacular name: Kattu- Jathikka, Panampalika, Pathiri- Poov, Ponnam-Poov (Malayalam); Malabar Nutmeg (English);
Tam. - Patthiri, Katjathika (http://ces.iisc.ernet.in/hpg/cesmg/pew/myrmal.html). Flowering season: February to March Fruiting season: March to April (Bose et al., 1998). Germination percentage: 40 Method of propagation: By seeds |
| Botanical Features | Dioecious trees, bark greenish-black, smooth, tuberculate-lenticellate, semi fibrous, blaze reddish, exudation deep red; branchlets glabrous. Leaves simple, alternate, petiole 10-15 mm long, stout, grooved above, glabrous, lamina 7-20 x 3-10 cm, elliptic or elliptic-oblong, base acute or attenuate, apex acute, or subacute, margin entire, glabrous and glossy above and glaucous beneath, coriaceous; lateral nerves 8-14 pairs, pinnate, slender, obscure, inter costae obscure, flowers unisexual, white; fruit a capsule 5-7.5 x 1.8-3.5, oblong, pubescent, seed one, oblong, obtuse, slightly flattened on one side, aril yellow, irregularly lobed. |
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