Family: Euphorbiaceae
Synonym: Aporosa lindleyana (Wight) Baill.
Vernacular name: Aechil, Eachil, Kotili, Neervetti, Ponvetti, Vetti
Habit: Tree
Habitat: Semi-evergreen and Evergreen forests, also in the plains
Distribution: Peninsular India and Sri Lanka
Flowering & Fruiting: December-June
Key identification features: An evergreen tree. Leaves are simple, flowers minute, dioecious, male flowers occur in catkin like spikes, female flowers are in short racemes. Used in construction of houses especially rafters. The fruit is said to be edible.
Uses: Fruit edible. Timber yielding, as fuel wood
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