Baccaurea courtallensis
Baccaurea courtallensis Muell.-Arg. (EUPHORBIACEAE)
Common names
Kannada: Koli Kukke.
Description: Evergreen trees, up to 8 m tall. Leaves alternate, oblanceolate or elliptic, up to 15 x 6 cm, narrowed at base, acuminate at apex, entire, glabrous. Inflorescence in tufts on tubercles on stem, pubescent. Flowers usually dioecious, crimson red. Perianth lobes usually 5. Ovary densely hairy. Fruit a capsule, up to 2.7 cm across, crimson, dehiscent. Seeds 2, globose, up to 1.5 cm across, enclosed in succulent aril.
Flowering: February - March
Fruiting: June - July
Distribution: India: Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Endemic.
- Baccaurea courtallensis Muell.-Arg
- Barringtonia acutangula (L.) Gaertner
- Bauhinia racemosa Lam
- Bauhinia variegata L
- Bambusa bambos (L.) Voss
- Bischofia javanica Blume
- Blepharistemma membranifolia (Miq.) Ding Hou
- Bombax ceiba L
- Bridelia retusa (L.) Sprengel
- Bridelia scandens (Roxb.) Willd
- Breynia vitisidaea
- Butea monosperma (Lam.) Taubert