| Synonym |
Guatteria
velutina A.DC., Guatteria villosa G.Don, Uvaria velutina Dunal, Uvaria villosa Roxb.
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Flower Color |
Greenish |
| Common Name |
Velvety Miliusa, Chopar Chilla, Dom-Sal |
Flower Type |
Cyme |
| English / Trade Name |
Velvety Miliusa |
Flowering Period |
April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name |
Domsal |
Fruiting Period |
July-Sept |
| Altitude |
500-700 m |
Fruit Type |
Berry |
| Habit |
Tree |
Fruit Details |
Fruits purple – black, ellipsoid, 1 – 2 seeded berry – like clusters. |
| Habitat |
Common; Sal and miscellaneous forests of sub Himalayan tracts. |
Bark Type |
Rugged |
| Distribution |
Western Himalaya, Bihar and parts of C. & E. India; Myanmar. |
Bark Details |
Bark dark grayish brown, rough, inside soft dun brown, fibrous, branchlets and other young parts densely grey or golden tomentose. |
| Distribution in Haryana |
Ambala, Yamuna Nagar |
Origin |
Native |
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Leaf Type |
Simple |
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Leaf Arrangement |
Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) |
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Leaf Shape |
Ovate |
| Description of Species |
Deciduous trees, to 8m high; young branches densely golden tomentose. Leaves ovate, elliptic or oblong, acute, obliquely cordate at base, velvety tomentose on both sides. Flowers yellowish – green, in few flowered, leaf opposed cymes. Sepals 3, ovate, acute. Petals 3 + 3; Carpels oblong; stigma subsessile, concave, bilobed. Fruits purple – black, ellipsoid, 1 – 2 seeded berry – like clusters. |
Leaf Details |
Leaves ovate, elliptic or oblong, acute, obliquely cordate at base, velvety tomentose on both sides. |
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