| Type | Indigenous |
|---|---|
| Family | Sapindaceae |
| Synonym | Ptelea arborea Blanco |
| Synonym_2 | Harpullia cupanoides Hiern |
| Local Name | Chittilamadakku |
| Local Name 2 | Puzhakkolli |
| Habit | Small sized tree |
| Botanical Features | Trees, to 15 m high, bole fluted; bark 3-5 mm thick, pale grey, smooth, lenticels horizontal, semi fibrous; blaze creamy yellow; branchlets fulvus tomentose. Leaves pari pinnate, alternate, estipulate; rachis 9-31 cm, slender, pubescent, swollen at base; leaflets 8-12, subopposite or alternate; petiolule 3-5 mm long, slender, pubescent; lamina 5-20 x 2.5-10 cm, lanceolate, oblong, elliptic-oblong or elliptic-lanceolate, base oblique, apex acuminate, margin entire, glabrous, membranous; lateral nerves 7-12 pairs, pinnate, slender. Flowers polygamodioecious, 10-12 mm long, yellowish-green; sepals 5, free, imbricate; petals 5, long clawed, oblong; disc small, 5 lobed; stamens 5-8; filaments slender; anthers oblong; ovary superior, ovoid, 2-celled, ovules 2 in each cell; style elongate; stigma linear, usually more or less twisted. Fruit a capsule, 20-25 x 30-35 mm, scarlet, 2 lobed, 2-celled, coriaceous; seeds 2, ellipsoid, black, shining; aril orange. |