| Type | Indigenous |
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| Family | Sapotaceae |
| Local Name | Elengi |
| Trade Name | Bullet tree |
| Habit | Large sized tree |
| Tree Seed | Fruit type: Berry Seed weight: 2,000 to 3,000 seeds/kg, 1,940 to 2,152 seeds/kg (Sen Gupta, 1937; Chacko et al., 2002) Vernacular name: Elengi, Ilanji (Malayalam); Mahizhampoo maram, Elengi, Magada (Tamil); Mulsari, Bolsari, Bakul (Hindi) (Chacko et al., 2002) Flowering season: March to June Fruiting season: February to June; June to July (Sen Gupta, 1937; Chacko et al., 2002) Germination type: Epigeous (Chacko et al., 2002) Germination percentage: 30 to 60 (Chacko et al., 2002) Method of propagation: By seeds. The natural reproduction of this tree is satisfactory. The seeds fall to the ground and germinate with the onset of the monsoon. |
| Botanical Features | Evergreen trees, bark dark grey, cracked or fissured longitudinally, scaly, rough; blaze pink with red streaks; exudation white; young branches brown pubescent. Leaves simple, alternate, spiral, stipulate; stipules lanceolate, caducous; petiole 15-40 mm long, slender, grooved above, pubescent; lamina 4-12 x 3.5-7.5 cm; elliptic or elliptic-oblong, base round or obtuse, apex obtuse to acuminate, margin entire, glabrous, coriaceous; lateral nerves many, slightly raised beneath, parallel, slender, looped near the margin forming intramarginal nerves;flowers white, fragrant, 1-3 in axillary fascicles, fruit a berry, yellow, ovoid, 2.5 cm long, 1.5 cm across, fleshy, epicarp thin; seeds usually 1, oblong-ellipsoid. |
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