| Distribution |
Himalaya (Kumaun to Nepal), India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar , Indo-China, S. China, W. Malaysia. |
Bark Details |
Bark greyish-brown, smooth; blaze creamy yellow. |
| Description of Species |
Deciduous tree upto 20 m tall. Bark greyish-brown, smooth; blaze creamy yellow. Leaves simple, opposite, decussate; stipules inter petiolar; petiole slender, glabrous, unequal at each node, leaf-lamina broadly ovate or deltoid base subcuneate, subtruncate, truncate, subcordate or cordate at base, apex acuminate to cuspidate or cordate-acuminate, margin entire. Flowers unisexual, pale green; male flowers numerous; tepals globose, ovate, splitting into 3-4 broad, concave, often reflexed segments, clustered on a convex receptacle. Fruit a capsule woody, dark brown, broadly rounded, 3-4 loculed, pericarp very thick; seeds globose, ovoid. |
Leaf Details |
Leaves simple, opposite, decussate; stipules inter petiolar; petiole slender, glabrous, unequal at each node, leaf-lamina broadly ovate or deltoid base subcuneate, subtruncate, truncate, subcordate or cordate at base, apex acuminate to cuspidate or cordate-acuminate, margin entire |