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Family: Dilleniaceae	Genus: Dillenia	Species: Dillenia indica Linn.( चालता )

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Dillenia elongata Miq.	Flower Color	White
Common Name	Chalta	Flower Type	Solitary
English / Trade Name	Elephant Apple, Indian Catmon	Flowering Period	July-Sept
Vernacular /Local Name	Chalta	Fruiting Period	Oct-Dec
Altitude	Up To 800m	Fruit Type	Aggregate
Habit	Tree	Fruit Details	Fruit aggregate 15 carpels, each carpel containing 5 seeds embedded in an edible fibrous pulp
Habitat	Found in deciduous forests and cultivated in plains	Bark Type	Smooth
Distribution	India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Australasia, North America, South America	Bark Details	Bark reddish brown when peeled off into thin hard scales or fragile flakes reddish brown inside with fine deep red lines
Distribution in Haryana	Morni-Pinjore, Sonepat	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Simple
		Leaf Arrangement	Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Elliptic
Description of Species	Trees up to 25 m tall. Bark reddish brown, smooth. Leaves oblanceolate-elliptic or narrow elliptic, base acute or cuneate, margins sub entire or serrate-dentate, apex acute. Flowers solitary white or creamish; calyx 5 toothed, sepals ovate, elliptic about corolla 5 lobed, petals obovate, yellow, stamens free, numerous. Fruits pseudocarps indehiscent, subglobose, yellowish green when ripe. Fruiting carpels with 5 seeded, seeds reniform, compressed, reddish brown to black, echinate and with hairs along the margin	Leaf Details	Leaves oblanceolate-elliptic or narrow elliptic, base acute or cuneate, margins sub entire or serrate-dentate, apex acute.

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