| Type | Indigenous |
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| Family | Simaroubaceae |
| Local Name | Peemaram |
| Local Name 2 | Peruppi |
| Habit | Medium sized tree |
| Tree Seed | Fruit type: Samara. Seed weight: 4,200 to 18,000 seeds/kg (Kindt et al., 1997; Carlowitz, 1991; Chacko et al., 2002). Vernacular name: Peenari, Matti, Pongilyam (Chacko et al., 2002); Peemaram, Peruppi (Malayalam) (Sasidharan, 2004); Pimaram, Pinari, Perumaram (Tamil); Peetheri, Doddamara (Kannada); Maharukh, Arua, Limbado (Hindi) (Chacko et al., 2002). Flowering season: February to March. Fruiting season: April to May, May to July (FRI, 1981; Chacko et al., 2002). Germination type: Epigeal (Chacko et al., 2002). Germination percentage: 70 (Rawat et al., 2001) to 90 (Chacko et al., 2002). Method of propagation: Natural reproduction occurs through seed and coppice. |
| Botanical Features | Trees, bark light greyish-brown, fibrous or glandular, rough. Leaves pari or imparipinnate, alternate, estipulate; rachis 20-80 cm long, stout, swollen at base, pubescent; leaflets 13-29, subopposite; petiolule 20-50 mm long, slender, pubescent; lamina 9-15 x 4-6 cm, very variable in shape, mostly ovate-lanceolate, base unequal or truncate, apex acute or acuminate, margin irregularly and coarsely dentate, membranous, pubescent; lateral nerves 12-20 pairs, pinnate, prominent, intercostae reticulate, prominent. Flowers polygamous, 8 mm across, yellowish, in subterminal panicles, emits foetid smell; fruit a samara, 5 x 1.3 cm, prominently veined, oblong, copper red, twisted at base. |
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