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ACCESSION NO: KFRIw 104
- Scientific Name: Bridelia retusa (L.) A.Juss
- Synonym: Bridelia squamosal (Lamk.) Gehrm.
- Family: Phyllanthaceae (Euphorbiaceae)
- Trade Name: Kassi, Mullu-venga
- Common Name: Mullu venga, Kassi (India), Seikchi, Seikchibo (Mmyanmar)
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- Native: Indian Subcontinent to South China and West Malesia
- Specimen from:
- State & Region: Kerala, India
- Collected by: K. M. Bhat & K. V. Bhat
- General Characteristics: Deciduous trees, to 20 m high, bark greyish-brown, leaves simple, alternate. Flowers unisexual; greenish-yellow, sessile or shortly pedicellate, fruit is a drupe.
- Wood Anatomy: Growth rings distinct only under the hand lens, delimited by interrupted fine lines of terminal/marginal parenchyma.Vessels medium to small, few, mostly solitary or in radial multiples of 2-4,
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