Monday, 6 October 2025

Calophyllum austroindicum Kosterm. ex P.F.Stevens

 

Family: Clusiaceae

Vernacular names:  Kattupunna

Habit: Tree

Habitat: Evergreen forests

Distribution: Western Ghats

Flowering & Fruiting: November-June

Key identification features: Leaves coriaceous obove, acute, base cuneate, rigidly coriaceous.  Bark rough. Flowers short axillary and panicles. Fruit ellipsoid, greenish purple, smooth.

Uses: Timber yielding

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