Category: V

Vitex altissima L. f. (VERBENACEAE) Common namesKannada: Navulaadi, Myrole.Tulu: Myrole.Malayalam: Mayilai.Tamil: Maila.Telugu: Nemili adaga. Description: Large trees, 20-25 m tall with grey, scaly bark. Leaves 3 (rarely 5) foliate; leaflets sessile, lanceolate, the terminal is ca 15 x 5 cm, the lateral is ca 10 x 3 cm, acute at base, acuminate at apex, glabrescent…

Vepris bilocularis (Wight & Arn.) Engl. (RUTACEAE) Common nameKannada: Manguppe.Malayalam: Karagil.Sanskrit: Krishna guru.Tamil: Devadarom. Description: Evergreen trees, up to 30 m tall; stem bark grey-brownish, lenticellate. Leaves alternate, digitally 3-folio-late, 16.5 – 25 cm long; leaflets elliptic-lanceolate or elliptic – oblong, 8.5 – 21 x 4 – 8 cm, slightly oblique at base entire, acute or acuminate…

Vateria indica L. (Dipterocarpaceae) Common namesKannada: Dhupa, Ganapathi kai, Painimaram, Vella payin.Tamil: Vellai kundi, Pinaymarum.Telugu: Dhupada maru.English: Piney varnish, White dammar, Indian copal, White dhup. Description: Trees, up to 30 m tall; bark smooth, white to grey, blotched with white and green, peeling off in thick, round flakes; branchlets and inflorescence stellate-canascent. Leaves ovate or oblong…

Vatica chinensis L. (DIPTEROCARPACEAE) Common namesKannada: Uggalu dhupa.Malayalam: Adakka payin, Vella payin.Tamil: Vella payin. Description: The trees can reach heights of up to 30 meters, with a dense and spreading crown. The bark is smooth and pale grey, while the young shoots and flowers are covered in a fine down (lipidote). The leaves are elliptic…