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ACCESSION NO: KFRIw 47

  • Scientific Name: Heritiera papilio Bedd.
  • Family: Sterculiaceae
  • Trade Name: Sundri
  • Common Name: Chocklamaram
  • പൊതുവായ പേരുകള്‍: ചോലചടച്ചി, ചോക്ലമരം
  • Native: Indian Subcontinent to Myanmar
  • Specimen from: Aramba, Kallar Range (Achenkovil)
  • State & Region: Kerala, India
  • Date of Collection: Thursday, February 13, 1986
  • Collected by: K. M. Bhat, K. V. Bhat & P. K. Thulasidas
  • General Characteristics: Evergreen trees, to 25 m high, bark greyish-brown leaves simple, flowers small, bi or unisexual. Fruit of 1-6 samaroid carpels
  • Wood Anatomy: Growth rings are scarcely distinct. Vessels diffuse-porous, Medium to small, few to moderately few, mostly solitary or in radial multiples of 2 3 or more; often filled with gummy deposits. Rays are fine, closely spaced.
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