Buchanania lanceolata
Wight, lc. t. 237. 1839 & Illustr. 1: 185.
1839; Hook.f. Fl . Brit. India 2: 24. 1876.
Mal.: Mala-mavu.
Trees, Leaves crowded at the ends of the branches, lanceolate or oblong- lanceolate, 8.5 - 16 x 2.5 - 4.5 cm, apex shortly acuminate, base cuneate, glabrous beneath; petioles 1 - 1.5 cm long, glabrous. Panicles 5 - 7 cm long, finely rusty tomentose. Flowers 3 mm across; pedicels 0.5 -1 cm long, pubescent. Calyx lobes ovate, pubescent. Petals ovate, 1.5 x 1 mm, reflexed, glabrous. Stamens 8, 1.2 mm long; filaments subulate; anthers sagittate. Disc 1 mm in diam., 8-crenated. Ovary 1 mm long, hairy at base. Drupes 1.5 cm in diam., compressed, glabrous.
Fl. : March.
Distrib. India : Karnataka and Kerala.
Myanmar.
Uses. The kernel of the seeds is edible.
Trees, Leaves crowded at the ends of the branches, lanceolate or oblong- lanceolate, 8.5 - 16 x 2.5 - 4.5 cm, apex shortly acuminate, base cuneate, glabrous beneath; petioles 1 - 1.5 cm long, glabrous. Panicles 5 - 7 cm long, finely rusty tomentose. Flowers 3 mm across; pedicels 0.5 -1 cm long, pubescent. Calyx lobes ovate, pubescent. Petals ovate, 1.5 x 1 mm, reflexed, glabrous. Stamens 8, 1.2 mm long; filaments subulate; anthers sagittate. Disc 1 mm in diam., 8-crenated. Ovary 1 mm long, hairy at base. Drupes 1.5 cm in diam., compressed, glabrous.
Fl. : March.
Distrib. India : Karnataka and Kerala.
Myanmar.
Uses. The kernel of the seeds is edible.
