ACCESSION NO: KFRIw 13

  • Scientific Name: Monoon fragrans (Dalzell) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
  • Synonym: Polyalthia fragrans (Dalz.) Bedd.
  • Family: Annonaceae
  • Trade Name: Debdaru
  • Common Name: Nedunar
  • പൊതുവായ പേരുകള്‍: നെടുനാർ
  • Native: South India
  • Specimen from: Kummatti (Sholayar), Vzhachal range
  • State & Region: Kerala, India
  • Date of Collection: Friday, March 23, 1979
  • Collected by: K. M. Bhat & K. V. Bhat
  • General Characteristics: Trees to 18 m tall.leaf blade ovate-oblong to oblong-lanceolate. Flowers fragrant, Petals greenish yellow to pale yellow.Fruit monocarp.
  • Wood Anatomy: Growth rings scarcely distinct . Vessels d iffuse-porous, Very small, moderately few to moderately numerous, solitary or in radial multiples of 2, 3 or 6; occasionally filled with deposits.Rays Very fine, rather closely spaced.
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