Scientific Name: Thespesia
populnea (L.) Sol. ex Corrêa
Family: Malvaceae (Mallow Or Hibiscus Family)
Vernacular name: Cheelanthi,
Pooparutthi, Poovarasu, Porasu (Malayalam)
Tribal name: Poovarasu
(Paniya)
Habit: Tree
Habitat: Mangrove forests;
also grown in gardens and as avenue tree
Distribution: Widely
distributed in the tropics
Tribal consumers:
Paniya
Parts Used:
Leaf (After cooking)
Seasonal Availability: August-January
Key identification features: Tree
with dark brown bark and scaly branchlets. Leaves alternate, coriaceous, with
peltate scales above; flowers yellow, bisexual, solitary or in cymes, axillary
or terminal; Fruit is a globose, scaly capsule with many ovoid seeds.
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