Family: Annonaceae
Synonym: Polyalthia fragrans
(Dalzell) Bedd.
Vernacular
name:
Gowri mara, Kakechapaya (Kannada); Chella, Kodangi, Pullarei, Nedunar,
Perumaram (Malayalam)
Habit:
Tree
Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
Flowering
& Fruiting: November-April
Key
identification features: Tall trees with surface
blackish-grey. Leaves simple, alternate, distichous, estipulate; Flowers
bisexual, greenish-yellow, fragrant. Fruit aggregate of berries; berry
obliquely ellipsoid to broadly ovoid, blunt, hoary puberulous, ash coloured;
seed one, orbicular, ovoid.
Uses:
Polyalthia fragrans have shown
potential in promoting gastrointestinal health
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