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Family: Meliaceae	Genus: Chukrasia	Species: Chukrasia tabularis A.Juss.( चक्रासिया )

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Chukrasia nimmonii Graham Ex Wight, Chukrasia velutina M.Roem.	Flower Color	White
Common Name	Chukrasia	Flower Type	Solitary
English / Trade Name	Bastard Cedar, White Cedar, Chittagong Wood, Indian Redwood	Flowering Period	Jan-March
Vernacular /Local Name	Chikrasi	Fruiting Period	April-June
Altitude	Up To 1200 M	Fruit Type	Capsule
Habit	Tree	Fruit Details	Fruit a capsule, 4-5 valved, ovoid, dark brown.seeds many, thin, broadly winged at base
Habitat	Found scattered in lowland evergreen forest or deciduous forest	Bark Type	Fissured
Distribution	India, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam Cameron	Bark Details	Surface rusty brown or deep brown with lenticels, inner bark reddish
Distribution in Haryana	Morni-Pinjore	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Compound
		Leaf Arrangement	Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Pinnate
Description of Species	Trees, up to 35 m high. Bark thick, dark brown, deeply cracked, blaze pink red. Leaves paripinnate, alternate, estipulate; leaflets up to 20, subopposite, estipellate. Leaf-lamina 3.5-15 x 2.5-8 cm. pinnate, regular. Flowers bisexual, yellowish-white, in terminal panicles. Calyx small, campanulate, lobes 5, ovate. Petals 5, oblong, obovate or spathulate, pubescent. Ovary superior, stipitate, ovoid. Ovules many in each cell. Style stout. Stigma capitate. Fruit a capsule, 4-5 valved, ovoid, dark brown.seeds many, thin, broadly winged at base	Leaf Details	Leaves paripinnate, alternate, estipulate; leaflets up to 20, subopposite, estipellate. Leaf-lamina 3.5-15 x 2.5-8 cm. pinnate, regular.

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