Category: K

  • Kydia calycina Roxb

    Kydia calycina Roxb. (MALVACEAE) Common namesKannada: Bellaka, Nayibende.Malayalam: Velukku.Tamil: Vendai.Telugu: Potri. Description: Trees, up to 20 m tall with white soft bark; young branches densely pubescent with minute greyish stellate hairs. Leaves alternate, ovate-orbicular with angular lobes, up to 17 x 15 cm, rounded or subcordate at base, acute or obtuse at apex, entire or…

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  • Knema attenuata

    Knema attenuata (Hook. F. & Thomson) Warb. (MYRISTICACEAE) Common namesKannada: Raktamara.Tamil: Chorappattiri, Suriya pattri, Kariyan.Malayalam: Chora pathri, Chora payin. Description: These trees can reach heights of up to 20 meters, and their young parts are covered in a tawny tomentum. The leaves are oblong-lanceolate, measuring up to 22 x 8 cm, with an acute to…

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  • Kingiodendron pinnatum

    Kingiodendron pinnatum (DC.) Harms (CEASALPINIACEAE) Common namesKannada: Enne mara.Malayalam: Kodapalla.Tamil: Kodapalai, Madayanasambrani.English: Malabar mahogany. Description: Evergreen trees up to 20 m tall with dark brown bark. Leaves alternate, odd- pinnate; leaf rachis ca 12 cm long; leaflets 5-7, elliptic – oblong, ca 10 x 4 cm, rounded at base, acute to acuminate at apex; petioles…

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