Vepris bilocularis (Wight & Arn.) Engl.

Type
Indigenous
Family
Rutaceae
Synonym
Toddalia bilocularis Wight & Arn.
Local Name
Moothassari
Habit
Medium to large sized tree
Botanical Features

Evergreen dioecious trees, bark surface yellowish-grey, brittle; blaze dull yellow. Leaves trifoliate, alternate, estipulate; rachis 2-10 cm long, slender, swollen at base, grooved above, glabrous, lamina 7-25 x 3-10 cm, elliptic, oblong, elliptic-oblanceolate, elliptic-oblong or elliptic-obovate, base acute, cuneate or rarely oblique, apex acuminate, margin entire, revolute, glabrous, pellucid-gland dotted, coriaceous; lateral nerves parallel, intramarginal nerve present, flowers unisexual, yellow, in axillary and terminal panicles, fruit a berry, globose, 2-celled, fleshy, glandular; seeds 2, brownish.