Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Dilleniaceae | Genus: Dillenia | Species: Dillenia indica Linn.( चालता ) |
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| 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. |
