Miliusa velutina
(Dunal) Hook. f. & Thomson, Fl. Ind. 151. 1855 & in Fl. Brit.
India 1: 87. 1872. Uvaria velutina Dunal, Monogr. Anon. 91. 1817. Uvaria villosa Roxb.,
Fl. Ind. 2: 664. 1832.
Mal.: Kana-kaitha, Viluni.
Large trees; young branches densely golden tomentose. Leaves ovate or oblong-elliptic, obliquely cordate at base, acute to acuminate at apex, 10 - 31 x 4 - 12 cm, velvety tomentose on both sides; petioles 2 - 7 mm long, tomentose. Flowers bisexual, few, in leaf-opposed cymes, pale yellow or greenish; pedicels 4 - 7.5 cm long, tomentose; bracts minute, basal. Sepals 3, ovate, acute, 2 - 4 mm long, velvety in bud, densely tomentose afterwards. Petals 6 (3 + 3); outer petals sepaloid, 3 - 4 x 1 - 1.5 mm; inner ones broadly ovate, slightly acute, 6 - 10 x 6 mm, dark brown, densely tomentose outside, glabrous inside. Stamens many, ca 1.5 mm long; connectives bluntly apiculate; filaments strong and stout. Carpels many, oblong, ca 2 mm long, velutinous, 2-ovuled; stigma subsessile, concave, bilobed. Ripe carpels many, ovoid or ellipsoid, 1.5 - 2.5 cm in diam., bluish purple, tomentose; stalks 5 - 10 mm long. Seeds 1 - 2.
Fl. Feb. - May; Fr. June - Oct.
Distrib. India: Jammu & Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh and Kerala (?).
Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and Thailand.
Large trees; young branches densely golden tomentose. Leaves ovate or oblong-elliptic, obliquely cordate at base, acute to acuminate at apex, 10 - 31 x 4 - 12 cm, velvety tomentose on both sides; petioles 2 - 7 mm long, tomentose. Flowers bisexual, few, in leaf-opposed cymes, pale yellow or greenish; pedicels 4 - 7.5 cm long, tomentose; bracts minute, basal. Sepals 3, ovate, acute, 2 - 4 mm long, velvety in bud, densely tomentose afterwards. Petals 6 (3 + 3); outer petals sepaloid, 3 - 4 x 1 - 1.5 mm; inner ones broadly ovate, slightly acute, 6 - 10 x 6 mm, dark brown, densely tomentose outside, glabrous inside. Stamens many, ca 1.5 mm long; connectives bluntly apiculate; filaments strong and stout. Carpels many, oblong, ca 2 mm long, velutinous, 2-ovuled; stigma subsessile, concave, bilobed. Ripe carpels many, ovoid or ellipsoid, 1.5 - 2.5 cm in diam., bluish purple, tomentose; stalks 5 - 10 mm long. Seeds 1 - 2.
Fl. Feb. - May; Fr. June - Oct.
Distrib. India: Jammu & Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh and Kerala (?).
Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and Thailand.
