| Type | Indigenous |
|---|---|
| Family | Myrtaceae |
| Local Name | Poriyal |
| Habit | Medium sized tree |
| Botanical Features | Evergreen trees, bark surface greyish-brown, longitudinally fissured, peeling off in thin irregular flakes, inner bark grey; branchlets tetragonus. Leaves simple, opposite, estipulate; petiole 10-20 mm long, lamina 8-16.5 x 5-8.5 cm, ovate or ovate-oblong, base narrowed and decurrent on petiole, apex acuminate, acumen folded, obtuse, margin entire, chartaceous, glabrous; lateral nerves 10-15 pairs, flowers white, fruit a berry, oblong-obtuse on both sides, 1 x 0.5 cm, deep violet, pericarp juicy; seed one. |
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