Berrya cordifolia
(Willd.) Burrett in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin Dahlem 9: 606.
1926. Espera cordifolia Willd. in Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin Neue Schriften 3: 450.
1801. Berrya ammonilla Roxb. [Hort. Beng. 42. 1814, nom. nud.], Pl. Corom. 3: 60, t. 264.
1819 & Fl. Ind. 2: 639. 1832; Masters in Fl. Brit. India 1: 383. 1874. Hexagonotheca
cordifolia (Willd.) Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou 19: 505. 1846.
Tam.: Chavandalai, Thiriconamalai venthekku; Tel.: Sarala-devadaru; Eng.: Trincomali wood.
Trees, up to 35 m tall. Leaves simple, 12 - 25 x 4 - 14 cm, ovate-oblong, cordate at base, acuminate at apex, undulate, stellate-pubescent when young, glabrous when mature; petioles 3.5 - 5 cm long, glabrous below, slightly stellate-pubescent above; stipules 1 - 1.5 cm long, linear-setaceous, caducous. Flowers numerous, lax; buds globular; pedicels pubescent. Calyx 3 - 5-lobed; lobes 3 - 5 mm long, obtuse, pubescent. Petals white or pink, 6 - 8 mm long, oblong, obtuse, ultimately reflexed; Stamens inserted on a short receptacle; filaments 4 - 5 mm long; anthers didymous; lobes divergent, opening lengthwise. Ovary 3(- 4)-loculed; locules 4-ovuled; style ca 3 mm long, slightly papillose at base; stigma peltate, 3-lobed. Capsules with persistent calyx, 1 - 1.3 cm across, globose, pubescent with 6 - 8, horizontally spreading, blunt, thin wings; wings 2.5 - 3 x 0.7 - 1 cm, stellate-pubescent; seeds 1 - 4 in each locule. Seeds ca 6 x 3 mm, clothed with brown to yellow, caducous bristles.
Fl. March - April; Fr. Sept. - Nov.
Distrib. India: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala(cultivated) and Andaman & Nicobar Islands(Andaman Islands).
Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Malesia.
Trees, up to 35 m tall. Leaves simple, 12 - 25 x 4 - 14 cm, ovate-oblong, cordate at base, acuminate at apex, undulate, stellate-pubescent when young, glabrous when mature; petioles 3.5 - 5 cm long, glabrous below, slightly stellate-pubescent above; stipules 1 - 1.5 cm long, linear-setaceous, caducous. Flowers numerous, lax; buds globular; pedicels pubescent. Calyx 3 - 5-lobed; lobes 3 - 5 mm long, obtuse, pubescent. Petals white or pink, 6 - 8 mm long, oblong, obtuse, ultimately reflexed; Stamens inserted on a short receptacle; filaments 4 - 5 mm long; anthers didymous; lobes divergent, opening lengthwise. Ovary 3(- 4)-loculed; locules 4-ovuled; style ca 3 mm long, slightly papillose at base; stigma peltate, 3-lobed. Capsules with persistent calyx, 1 - 1.3 cm across, globose, pubescent with 6 - 8, horizontally spreading, blunt, thin wings; wings 2.5 - 3 x 0.7 - 1 cm, stellate-pubescent; seeds 1 - 4 in each locule. Seeds ca 6 x 3 mm, clothed with brown to yellow, caducous bristles.
Fl. March - April; Fr. Sept. - Nov.
Distrib. India: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala(cultivated) and Andaman & Nicobar Islands(Andaman Islands).
Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Malesia.
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