Aphananthe cuspidata (Blume) Planch.

Type
Indigenous
Family
Ulmaceae
Synonym
Cyclostemon cuspidatum Blume
Synonym_2
Gironniera reticulata Thw.
Local Name
Bhoothiyunarthi
Habit
Large sized tree
Botanical Features

Trees, to 25 m high, bole buttressed; bark brownish, exfoliating in irregular, projecting flakes; blaze pink with light coloured streaks. Leaves simple, alternate; stipules sheathing, deciduous; petiole 6-10 mm, slender, grooved above, glabrous; lamina 6-18 x 2.5-7.5 cm, elliptic, ovate-lanceolate or oblong-ovate, base rounded, apex acuminate, margin entire, glabrous, coriaceous; lateral nerves 10-14 pairs, pinnate, prominent; flowers unisexual, fruit a drupe, obovoid, 1.5-2 cm long, glabrous, stoutly beaked, slightly 2-angled.