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ACCESSION NO: KFRIw 1

  • Scientific Name: Cullenia exarillata Robyns
  • Family: Malvaceae
  • Trade Name: Karani
  • Common Name: Vediplavu
  • പൊതുവായ പേരുകള്‍: വെടിപ്ലാവ്
  • Native: South West India
  • Specimen from: East Kummati, Sholayar
  • State & Region: Kerala, India
  • Date of Collection: Wednesday, February 21, 1979
  • Collected by: K. M. Bhat & K. V. Bhat
  • General Characteristics: Large evergreen trees, buttressed, up to 40 m tall. Bark greyish white smooth when young later flaky.Young branchlets covered by golden brown peltate scales.Flowers covered by golden brown scales, clustered on older branches.
  • Wood Anatomy: Growth ring Indistinct. Vessels diffuse-porous, large to medium, rays are very fine to moderately broad.
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