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Buchanania lanzan
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Family:
ANACARDIACEAE
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Citation: Buchanania lanzan Spreng., J. Bot. (Schr.) 2: 234. 1800; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 23. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 258(184). 1918; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 128. 1984; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 136. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 127. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 81. 1995; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 168. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 79. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 81. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 79. 1999; D. Chandra & S.K. Mukh.in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 443. 2000; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 78. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 178. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 145. 2005; V. Chandra. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 800. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 250. 2009.
Buchanania latifolia Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 385. 1832.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kalamavu, Moongapezhu, Mungapera, Mural, Nuruvei, Nuramaram, Nooramaram, Padacheru, Priyalam
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Almondette tree, Cheronjee, Cuddapah almond
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Description:
Subdeciduous trees, to 18 m high, bark 10-12 mm thick, surface black or dark brown, rough, tessellate the cracks being deep and narrow, some what resembling crocodile hide; blaze red. Leaves simple, alternate, estipulate; petiole 12-22 mm, stout, glabrous; lamina 10-23.5 x 5-12 cm, broadly oblong, base round or acute, apex obtuse or emarginate, margin entire, glabrous above and densely tomentose beneath, coriaceous; lateral nerves 10-20 pairs, pinnate, prominent, pubescent, secondary laterals prominent, intercostae reticulate, prominent. Flowers bisexual, greenish-white, sessile, in pubescent terminal and axillary panicles; calyx lobes 5, persistent; petals 5, oblong, reflexed, pilose; stamens 10, inserted at the base of fleshy disc; filaments free, glabrous; disc cupular, 5 lobed, pilose; carpels 5-6, free, superior, tomentose, 4 reduced to thread like processes, one fertile, ovule one, pendulous; style lateral; stigma truncate. Fruit a drupe, 10-13 x 8 mm, oblong, laterally compressed, black; stone hard, 2 valved; seed one.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-April
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Thiruvananthapuram, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous, dry deciduous and semi-evergreen forests
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Distribution:
India and Myanmar
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Creamy, White
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
Yes
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
300-1300
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Localities:
Kattalappara, Karumpara, Kavalappara, Vengoli, Boneccord, Konni, Thavalam area, Saivila, Kanjirakadavu, Thenmalai, Ariankavu, Bonaccord, Attayar
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