ACCESSION NO: KFRIw 606

  • Scientific Name: Terminalia elliptica Willd
  • Synonym: Terminalia tomentosa Wight & Arn. Terminalia crenulata Heyne ex Roth
  • Family: Combretaceae
  • Trade Name: Indian laurel, Taukkyan
  • Common Name: Laurel, Asna, Mutti, Sain, Karimaruthu, Thembavu (India), Cay (Sri lanka)
  • പൊതുവായ പേരുകള്‍: കരിമരുത്
  • Native: Indian Subcontinent to Indo-China
  • Specimen from:
  • Region: Myanmar 
  • Collected by: P. K. Thulasidas
  • General Characteristics: Deciduous trees, to 30 m high; bark 15-20 mm thick, surface grey-black, very rough, leaflet oblong-ovate, elliptic-oblong or elliptic-ovate. Flowers bisexual, dull yellow,fruit a drupe.
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