| Type | Indigenous |
|---|---|
| Family | Sabiaceae |
| Synonym | Meliosma rhiofolia Maxim.ssp.barbulata cufod. |
| Synonym_2 | M.arnottiana (Wight) Walp. |
| Local Name | Kallavi |
| Local Name 2 | Thakiri |
| Habit | Small to medium sized tree |
| Botanical Features | Trees, bark surface greyish-brown, mottled with white; blaze creamy pink, turning to orange yellow, interspersed with lighter rays, inner bark succulent, innermost layers fibrous; branchlets brown villous, prominently lenticellate. Leaves imparipinnate, pinnate, alternate, estipulate; rachis 6.5-18 cm long, stout, rusty pubescent; leaflets 9-15, opposite or subopposite; petiolule 4-10 mm, slender, rusty tomentose; lamina 3.5-12.5 x 1.5-4 cm, oblong, oblong-lanceolate, elliptic-oblong or elliptic-ovate; base obtuse, round or oblique, apex acuminate or acute, margin entire, glabrous above, rusty tomentose beneath, coriaceous; lateral nerves 3-15 pairs, pinnate, flowers yellowish-white in large terminal and axillary tomentose panicles; fruit a drupe, globose. |