Dillenia pentaqyna
Roxb., Pl. Corom. 1: 21, t.20. 1795; Hook. f. & Thomson in Fl.
Brit. India 1: 38. 1872.
Asm.: Akshi; Beng.: Karkotta; Hindi: Kallai; Kan.: Kadukanigala, Kanigala;
Mal.:Kodapunna, Naithekku, Punna; Nep.: Tatri; Or.: Rai; Tam.: Naitekku; Tel.: Chinnakalinga, Raduvana.
Deciduous trees, 10 - 15 (-25) m tall. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, oblong-obovate, obtuse or cuneate at base, obtuse at apex, nearly entire to dentate along margins, 20 - 50 x 10 - 20 m; leaves on young plants much larger; lateral nerves 25 - 50 pairs, parallel, pubescent on nerves; petioles 1.5 - 5 cm long, with persistent wing-like stipules. Flowers 2 - 7, umbellate on short up to 3 mm long leafless shoots, yellow, fragrant, 2.5 - 3 cm across; pedicels 2.5 - 6 cm long; bracts hairy. Sepals 5, orbicular, elliptic, 8 - 12 mm long, brown, thick, accrescent. Petals 5, obovate, 15 - 20 mm long, bright yellow. Stamens in 2 series; outer series with 60 - 90 stamens, each 2.5 - 4 mm long; inner series with up to 10 stamens, each 6 - 9 mm long with reflexed apex in bud. Carpels 5 (-6), arranged on narrow conical receptacle, unilocular, oblong-lanceolate, 3.5 - 4 x ca 1.4 mm; styles ca 4 mm long. Fruits drooping, subglobose, ca 15 x 13 mm, indehiscent, fleshy, yellow, orange or red, 1(-2)-seeded. Seeds ovoid, ca 5 x 3.5 mm, black, glabrous, exarillate.
Fl. Jan. - May; Fr. March - June.
Distrib. India: Tropical and subtropical regions, up to 900 m in E. Himalayas, N.E. regions, Gangetic plains, Deccan and W. Ghat, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Goa, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
Myanmar, China, Vietnam, Thailand, Java, Celebes and Lesser Sunda Islands.
Deciduous trees, 10 - 15 (-25) m tall. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, oblong-obovate, obtuse or cuneate at base, obtuse at apex, nearly entire to dentate along margins, 20 - 50 x 10 - 20 m; leaves on young plants much larger; lateral nerves 25 - 50 pairs, parallel, pubescent on nerves; petioles 1.5 - 5 cm long, with persistent wing-like stipules. Flowers 2 - 7, umbellate on short up to 3 mm long leafless shoots, yellow, fragrant, 2.5 - 3 cm across; pedicels 2.5 - 6 cm long; bracts hairy. Sepals 5, orbicular, elliptic, 8 - 12 mm long, brown, thick, accrescent. Petals 5, obovate, 15 - 20 mm long, bright yellow. Stamens in 2 series; outer series with 60 - 90 stamens, each 2.5 - 4 mm long; inner series with up to 10 stamens, each 6 - 9 mm long with reflexed apex in bud. Carpels 5 (-6), arranged on narrow conical receptacle, unilocular, oblong-lanceolate, 3.5 - 4 x ca 1.4 mm; styles ca 4 mm long. Fruits drooping, subglobose, ca 15 x 13 mm, indehiscent, fleshy, yellow, orange or red, 1(-2)-seeded. Seeds ovoid, ca 5 x 3.5 mm, black, glabrous, exarillate.
Fl. Jan. - May; Fr. March - June.
Distrib. India: Tropical and subtropical regions, up to 900 m in E. Himalayas, N.E. regions, Gangetic plains, Deccan and W. Ghat, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Goa, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
Myanmar, China, Vietnam, Thailand, Java, Celebes and Lesser Sunda Islands.
