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ACCESSION NO: KFRIw 59
- Scientific Name: Tetrameles nudiflora R. Br. Ex Benn.
- Family: Datiscaceae
- Trade Name: Maina
- Common Name: Cheeni
- പൊതുവായ പേരുകള്: ഛീനി
- Native: China (South Yunnan) to Tropical Asia and North Queensland
- 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: Deciduous trees, to 45 m high, bole buttressed; bark 10 mm thick, greyish-white, smooth. Leaves simple, alternate. Flowers are unisexual, yellowish-green. Fruit a capsule.
- Wood Anatomy: Growth rings are Indistinct. Vessels Diffuse-porous, very large to medium and small, moderately numerous to numerous. Rays moderately broad to fine, closely spaced.
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