Category: M

  • Mangifera indica L.

    Mangifera indica L. (ANACARDIACEAE) Common namesKannada: Mavina mara;Malayalam: Manga.Tamil: Manga, Mao. Description: Trees, 20-45 m tall; glabrous except the inflorescence. Leaves alternate, linear-oblong or elliptic-lanceolate, 15-30×3.5-6.5 cm, cuneate at base, acute-acuminate at apex, thinly coriaceous; petioles 1.5 cm long. Panicles terminal, rarely axillary, 15-35 cm long. Flowers male and bisexual, 5 mm across, yellowish green…

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  • Macaranga peltata (Roxb.) Muell.-Arg.

    Macaranga peltata (Roxb.) Muell.-Arg. (EUPHORBIACEAE) Common namesKannada: Chandakala, Chandakanni.Tulu: Uppalige.Malayalam: Vatta.Tamil: Vattikanni. Description: Resinous trees up to 10 m tall; branchlets glaucous; young parts brown tomentose. Leaves alternate, peltate, orbicular or broadly ovate, up to 50 x 21 cm, rounded at base, acute or acuminate at apex, red-glandular and villous beneath; peliole up to 25…

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  • Mammea suriga (Buch.- Ham. ex Roxb.) Kosterm.

    Mammea suriga (Buch.- Ham. ex Roxb.) Kosterm. (GUTTIFERAE) Common namesKannada: Suragi.Konkani: Rani-undi.Malayalam: Suran punna.Sanksrit: Naga-Kesaram-pushpam.Tamil: Naga-pu, Nagashop-pu.Telugu: Surapanna. Description: Evergreen trees, up to 18 m tall, glabrous, monoecious; bark rough, exfoliating in irregular pieces; sap milky; branchlets obscurely 4-angled. Leaves opposite or ternately verticillate at apieces of branchlets, oblong, up to 22 x 7 cm,…

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  • Madhuca longifolia (L.) Macbr.

    Madhuca longifolia (L.) Macbr. (SAPOTACEAE) Common namesKannada: Hippe, Ippigida.Tulu: Ippe mara.Malayalam: Elupi, Irippa.Tamil: Illupei, Iruppai.Telugu: Ippa, Ippe-chettu. Description: Deciduous trees, 10-12 m tall with milky juice, bark thick, dark brown, scaly; joung parts pinkish white, silky pubescent. Leaves clustered near the ends of the branches, linear lanceolate or broadly elliptic, cuneat at base, acute at…

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