Category: E

Euodia lunu ankeda (Gaertner) Merril. (RUTACEAE) Description: Trees without thorns or spines. The leaves are arranged oppositely, consisting of 1 to 3 leaflets. Branches are smooth or slightly covered in a short, woolly layer. Petiole up to 12 cm; leaflets 2 or 3 obovate-elliptic to elliptic, abruptly acuminate at apex, entire along the margin up…

Epiprinus mallotiformis  (Muell. – Arg.) Croizat  (EUPHORBIACEAE)Symphyllia mallotiformis Muell. – Arg. Common nameTamil: Karinjikkada. Description: These are compact, monoecious trees reaching a height of 8 meters; their young parts are covered in stellate-pubescent fuzz. The leaves are arranged alternately, elliptical in shape, and can grow up to 14 by 6.5 centimeters. acute at base, acute or shortly acuminate at apex,…

Ensete superbum (Roxb.) Cheesman (MUSACEAE) Common nameKannada: Kallu bale. Description: Erect plants, 3-4 m tall, the pseudostem 1-2 m tall, with an swollen base of 2-3 m in circumference at the base, narrowed to ca 1 m below the leaves. Leaves alternate, oblong-lanceolate, ca 1.5 x 0.5 m, acute, acuminate or retuse at apex, bright…

Elaeocarpus tuberculatus Roxb. (ELAEOCARPACEAE) Common namesEnglish: Deccan olive.Kannada: Dande mara, Bhutali.Tamil: Ruthracham.Malayalam: Pilahi, Waggma. Description: The trees can reach heights of 80-90 meters, sometimes displaying buttresses at the base, with a bark that showcases a mottled pattern of grey and white. Leaves crowded at ends of branchlets, obovate, 6-20 x 4-12.5 cm, narrowed, rounded or…

Elaeocarpus serratus L. (ELAEOCARPACEAE) Common namesEnglish: Ceylon olive.Kannada: Beejada mara, Danda amba.Tamil: Ularga karai.Malayalam: Nalla Karra, Valiya Kara. Description: Trees, 25-30 m tall, branchlets with persistent leaf scars. Leaves alternate, oblong, obovate or elliptic, 5-13 x 2.5 -6 cm, acute cuneate at base, acute, obtuse or shortly acuminate at apex, repand-serrate or crenate, coriaceous; petioles…

Elaeagnus latifolia   L.  (ELAEAGNACEAE) Common nameKannada: Gunnamada patteballi. Description: These are typically sizable, prickly climbing shrubs with young shoots covered in rough, rust-colored shiny scales, and their stems and branches are somewhat spiny. Leaves elliptic to obovate or elliptic-lanceolate, 4-10 x 2-5 cm, acute or rounded at base, rounded to acuminate at apex, chartaceous, green above, prominent…