| Type | Indigenous |
|---|---|
| Family | Rosaceae |
| Synonym | Photinia notoniana Wight & Arn |
| Local Name | Cholivanmaran |
| Local Name 2 | Kalappamaram |
| Habit | Small sized tree |
| Botanical Features | Trees, bark reddish-brown. Leaves simple, alternate; stipules subulate, lateral, deciduous; petiole 25-32 mm, stout, glabrous, grooved above; lamina 6-13 x 5-7.5 cm, elliptic, or obovate, base acute or oblique, apex obliquely acuminate, margin entire, glabrous, coriaceous; lateral nerves 10-14 pairs, slender, parallel, flowers pinkish-white, in much branched terminal corymbs; fruit a drupe, reddish-purple; seeds compressed, pointed at both ends. |