| Type | Exotic |
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| Family | Annonaceae |
| Common Name | Bullocks heart |
| Habit | small tree |
| Origin | Tropical America |
| Tree Seed | Vernacular name: Manilanilam, Parankich - chakka (Malayalam); Luvani (Hindi). Flowering season: Summer season (Prajapati et al., 2003). Fruiting season: End of the rainy season (Prajapati et al., 2003). Method of propagation: By seeds (Prajapati et al., 2003). |
| Botanical Features | Trees, bark pale brown. Leaves simple, alternate, distichous, estipulate; petiole 10-20 mm long, stout, glabrous, grooved above; lamina 10-20 x 3.5-7 cm, ovate-lanceolate, oblong, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, base acute, obtuse or decurrent, apex acuminate, margin entire, pubescent on both sides when young, glabrous above and pubescent beneath at maturity, coriaceous; lateral nerves 10-14 pairs, pinnate, flowers bisexual, green, fruit an aggregate of berry, to 10 cm across, spherical or ovoid, yellowish-red; areoles flat, rather separated by reticulations of raised ridges; pulp yellowish; seeds black-brown. |
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