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Family: Malvaceae	Genus: Kydia	Species: Kydia calycina Roxb.( पट्ठा, पुला )

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Kydia fraterna Roxb., Kydia roxburghiana Wight	Flower Color	White
Common Name	Bharanga, Bhoti, Pulia	Flower Type	Panicle
English / Trade Name	Roxburgh's Kydia, Kydia	Flowering Period	Oct-Dec
Vernacular /Local Name	Puli, Pattha	Fruiting Period	Oct-Dec
Altitude	Up to 1500 m	Fruit Type	Capsule
Habit	Tree	Fruit Details	Fruit a capsule, subglobose, stellate-tomentose, completely enclosed within the calyx; seeds one in each locule, reniform, concentrically striated, glabrous, brownish.
Habitat	Occasional on deforested slopes, in mixed and deciduous forests	Bark Type	Exfoliating
Distribution	Occasional on deforested slopes, in mixed and deciduous forests	Bark Details	Bark 5-6 mm thick, greyish-brown, irregularly flaking off in thin small scales
Distribution in Haryana	Morni-Pinjore	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Simple
		Leaf Arrangement	Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Ovate
Description of Species	Deciduous trees, 15-20 m tall. Leaves sub-orbicular or ovate-rounded, subcordate at base, acute or obtuse at apex, entire or irregularly serrate, more or less 3 or 5 cuspidate, pubescent; stipules subulate. Flowers in axillary or terminal panicles. Calyx cup-shapedd; 5 sepals, connate at base, persistent. Petals 5, white or pink, obcordate., pistillode absent in male flowers. Fruit a capsule, subglobose, stellate-tomentose, completely enclosed within the calyx; seeds one in each locule, reniform, concentrically striated, glabrous, brownish.	Leaf Details	Leaves sub-orbicular or ovate-rounded, subcordate at base, acute or obtuse at apex, entire or irregularly serrate, more or less 3 or 5 cuspidate, pubescent; stipules subulate.

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