Aporosa cardiosperma (Gaertn.) Merr.

 Family: Euphorbiaceae

Synonym: Aporosa lindleyana (Wight) Baill.

Vernacular name: Aechil, Eachil, Kotili, Neervetti, Ponvetti, Vetti

Habit: Tree

Habitat: Semi-evergreen and Evergreen forests, also in the plains

Distribution: Peninsular India and Sri Lanka

Flowering & Fruiting: December-June

Key identification features: An evergreen tree. Leaves are simple, flowers minute, dioecious, male flowers occur in catkin like spikes, female flowers are in short racemes. Used in construction of houses especially rafters. The fruit is said to be edible.

Uses: Fruit edible. Timber yielding, as fuel wood