Miliusa tomentosa
(Roxb.) Finet & Gagnepain in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 53(4): 153.
1906. Uvaria tomentosa Roxb., Pl. Corom. 1: t.35 . 1795 & Fl. Ind. 2: 667. 1832. Saccopetalum tomentosum (Roxb.) Hook. f. & Thomson in Fl. Brit. India 1: 88. 1872.
Hindi: Kari, Kirua; Kan.:Heccara; Or.: Gonthipolato;Tam.:Perivuvav; Tel.: Buddadudduca.
Large trees, deciduous, 15 - 20 m tall; bark longitudinally fissured; young parts tomentose, glabrescent. Leaves ovate or oblong-ovate, rounded or subacute at base, obtuse or acute at apex, 8 - 17 x 5 - 8 cm, tomentose above when young, glabrous with age except midrib, tomentose beneath; petioles 2 - 5 mm long, tomentose. Flowers bisexual, solitary or a few together, leaf-opposed or subterminal, greenish yellow; pedicels 3 - 7 cm long, tomentose, very slender, bracteate at base. Sepals 3, linear-lanceolate, ca 1 mm long, tomentose. Petals 6 (3 + 3); outer petals sepaloid, linear-lanceolate, 4 - 7 mm long; inner ones oblong-ovate, saccate at base, obtuse, 1.5 - 2 x 0.5 cm, tomentose. Stamens many, ca 1 mm long; connectives apiculate at top. Carpels many, broadly ovate, ca 1.5 mm long; ovules 4 - 6; stigma sessile, globose. Ripe carpels many, subglobose, tapering to base, 2 - 3 cm in diam., succulent, tomentose, purple; stalks 1 - 1.5 cm long, stout, tomentose when young. Seeds 4 - 5.
Fl. March - May; Fr. May - July.
Distrib. India: Deciduous forests. Rajasthan, Bihar, Orissa, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
Nepal and Sri Lanka.
Large trees, deciduous, 15 - 20 m tall; bark longitudinally fissured; young parts tomentose, glabrescent. Leaves ovate or oblong-ovate, rounded or subacute at base, obtuse or acute at apex, 8 - 17 x 5 - 8 cm, tomentose above when young, glabrous with age except midrib, tomentose beneath; petioles 2 - 5 mm long, tomentose. Flowers bisexual, solitary or a few together, leaf-opposed or subterminal, greenish yellow; pedicels 3 - 7 cm long, tomentose, very slender, bracteate at base. Sepals 3, linear-lanceolate, ca 1 mm long, tomentose. Petals 6 (3 + 3); outer petals sepaloid, linear-lanceolate, 4 - 7 mm long; inner ones oblong-ovate, saccate at base, obtuse, 1.5 - 2 x 0.5 cm, tomentose. Stamens many, ca 1 mm long; connectives apiculate at top. Carpels many, broadly ovate, ca 1.5 mm long; ovules 4 - 6; stigma sessile, globose. Ripe carpels many, subglobose, tapering to base, 2 - 3 cm in diam., succulent, tomentose, purple; stalks 1 - 1.5 cm long, stout, tomentose when young. Seeds 4 - 5.
Fl. March - May; Fr. May - July.
Distrib. India: Deciduous forests. Rajasthan, Bihar, Orissa, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
Nepal and Sri Lanka.
