| Type | Indigenous |
|---|---|
| Family | Sapotaceae |
| Synonym | Bassia Longifolia Koenig |
| Synonym_2 | Madhuca indica J.F Gmelin |
| Local Name | Illippa |
| Habit | Medium sized tree |
| Botanical Features | Trees, bark surface greyish-brown, shallowly fissured; blaze pink-red; latex milky white; younger branches fulvous tomentose. Leaves simple, alternate, crowded at the tip of branchlets, estipulate; petiole 15-45 mm, slender, pubescent, swollen at base; lamina 15-30 x 6.5-7.5, linear-elliptic, oblanceolate or spathulate, base cuneate, apex acute or shortly obtusely acuminate, margin entire, fulvous tomentose when young, becoming glabrous above and glabrescent below, except the midrib, coriaceous; lateral nerves 20-25 pairs, parallel, nearly right angles to midrib, flowers yellowish-white, fruit a berry, green, smooth, ovoid, seeds 4-5, ellipsoid. |