| Type | Indigenous |
|---|---|
| Family | Sapotaceae |
| Synonym | Sideroxylon tomentosum roxb.var. elengiodes (A.DC.) Gamble |
| Local Name | Karimkara |
| Habit | Small sized tree |
| Botanical Features | Trees, bark light reddish brown, cracked, shallowly and vertically fissured; exudation milky; young parts ferruginous pubescent, old branches with stout thorns. Leaves simple, alternate, estipulate; petiole 5-10 mm, slender, pubescent; lamina 4-8 x 1.5-3.5 cm, elliptic, elliptic-obovate or obovate; base attenuate, apex obtusely acute, margin entire, woolly beneath when young, glabrous when mature, coriaceous; lateral nerves 10-12 pairs, flowers white or yellowish white, fragrant, fruit a berry, 2.5 x 1.5 cm, ovoid, green, apiculate; seeds ellipsoid, shining, brown. |