| Type | Indigenous |
|---|---|
| Family | Staphyleaceae |
| Local Name | Marali |
| Local Name 2 | Kanakkappalam |
| Local Name 3 | Alunkumaram |
| Habit | Medium sized tree |
| Botanical Features | Trees, bole buttressed, bark greyish-brown. Leaves imparipinnate, opposite, stipulate; rachis 19-25 cm long, stout, swollen at base, glabrous, leaflets 3-7, opposite, stipellate; petiolule 2-20 mm, slender, grooved above; lamina 5-12 x 1.5-5 cm, elliptic, elliptic-obovate, elliptic-ovate or elliptic-lanceolate, base acute or cuneate, apex acuminate or obtusely acuminate, margin serrate, glabrous, coriaceous,flowers yellowish-white, fruit a berry, subglobose, not lobed, glabrous; seeds complanate. |
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