Family:
Dipterocarpaceae
Synonym:
Pteranthera chinensis (L.) Blume
Vernacular
name:
Adakkapine, Cherupiney, Payinipasa
Habit:
Tree
Habitat:
Along streams of evergreen forests.
Distribution:
Asia: India, Sri Lanka.
Flowering
and fruiting: March-June
Key
identification features: South-Indian Vatica is an evergreen
tree, with bark pale green, smooth; exudation resinous. Flowers are bisexual,
white, broen in leaf-axils, in spreading panicles. Fruit is a capsule, scaly,
nearly spherical shortly pointed with 3 obscure furrows, finely velvet-hairy.
Uses:
Wood is durable in moist and water immersions also, used in building
construction. Resin used in folk medicine and manufacturing varnishes.
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