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Family: Sapindaceae	Genus: Schleichera	Species: Schleichera oleosa (Lour.) Oken( कुसुम )

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Pistacia oleosa Lour., Schleichera trijuga Willd.	Flower Color	Greenish
Common Name	Ceylon Oak	Flower Type	Raceme
English / Trade Name	Ceylon Oak, Honey Tree, Lac Tree	Flowering Period	April-June
Vernacular /Local Name	Kusum	Fruiting Period	July-Sept
Altitude	Upto 750m	Fruit Type	Drupe
Habit	Tree	Fruit Details	Fruit 1 – 3 celled, dry, coriaceous, indehiscent, globose, tapering to a point; seeds in a pulpy aril, smooth, about 1.2 cm long, compressed, brown.
Habitat	On slopes in Hill and deciduous forest borders.	Bark Type	Smooth
Distribution	Tropical Himalaya, India, Burma, Thailand, Indo-China, Malaysia, Sri Lanka.	Bark Details	Bark 10-12 mm thick, surface grey, smooth, brittle; blaze reddish-brown.
Distribution in Haryana	Ambala, Yamuna Nagar	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Compound
		Leaf Arrangement	Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Pinnate
Description of Species	Deciduous or subdeciduous trees, to 23 m high. Leaves paripinnate, leaflets 2 – 4 pairs, opposite, oblong, ovate or obovate. Flowers small, greenish – yellow, fascicled on simple or compound, drooping racemes, often crowded near the ends of branches; some trees produces only male flowers. Calyx cup – shaped. Petals absent. Disc complete, stamens 5 – 8, inserted within the disc. Ovary 3 – 4 loculed. Fruit 1 – 3 celled, dry, coriaceous, indehiscent, globose, tapering to a point; seeds in a pulpy aril, smooth, compressed, brown.	Leaf Details	Leaves paripinnate, leaflets 2 – 4 pairs, opposite, oblong, ovate or obovate.

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