Xantholis tomentosa (Roxb.) Raf.var.elengioides (A.DC.) Vajravelu

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.