Madhuca neriifolia (Moon) H. J. Lam
ആറ്റിലിപ്പ
| Family: | SAPOTACEAE |
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| Sub-Family: | Not available | ||||
| English Name: | South Indian Mahua | ||||
| Synonym: | Bassia malabarica Bedd. | ||||
| Common Name: | Ilupa, Madhookam | ||||
| Flowering & Fruiting Period: | November - March | ||||
| Distribution: | India and Sri Lanka | ||||
| Habitat: | Banks of rivers in evergreen and semi-evergreen forests | ||||
| Uses: | Flowers edible. Oil is obtained from the seed. The dark red wood has timber value. | ||||
| Key Characteristics: | Evergreen trees, to 15 m high, bark dark brown to grey, deeply; latex milky. Leaves simple, alternate, crowded at the tip of branchlets, elliptic-lanceolate, margin entire, glossy. Flowers bisexual, yellowish-white, in axillary subterminal fascicles. Calyx tube ovate-acute. Corolla lobes 8-10, campanulate. Stamens 16-20 in 2 rows, anthers linear, filaments short, villous; anthers lanceolate. Ovary oblong, superior, 6-8 celled; ovules 1 in each cell. Fruit a berry, ellipsoid, beaked; seed one, pale brown and shining. | ||||