Otonephelium stipulaceum (Beddome) Radlk.
Otonephelium stipulaceum (Beddome) Radlk.
Common name
Malayalam: Paviri mulei.
Description: Evergreen trees up to 20 m tall. Leaves alternate, paripinnate, up to 40 cm long; leaflets opposite or alternate, 4-6 pairs, elliptic or elliptic-oblong, up to 15 x 7.5 cm, subacute at both ends, lowest pair of leaflets unequally reniform, stipuliform. Flowers small, polygamous, in axillary and terminal panicles. Calyx deeply 5-6- lobed, hirsute. Petals 0. Stamens 5-9. Fruit a schizocarp, ellipsoid, up to 3 x 2 cm, densely covered with soft, weak, hairy prickles. Seeds half covered by succulent aril.
Flowering & Fruiting : February – August.
Distribution: India: In evergreen forests, up to 1000 m. Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Endemic.
Note: The genus Otonephelium is monotypic and endemic to Western Ghats.
- Ochreinauclea missionis (Wallich ex G. Don) Ridsd.
- Ochna gamblei King ex Brandis (OCHNACEAE)
- Ochlandra scriptoria (Dennst.) C. Fischer (GRAMINEAE)
- Ochlandra travancorica Benth. Ex Gamble (GRAMINEAE)
- Olea dioica Roxb. (OLEACEAE)
- Otonephelium stipulaceum (Beddome) Radlk = Nephelium stipulaceum Beddome
