Dillenia indica L.
Dillenia indica L.
Family: Dilleniaceae
Dillenia, Elephant apple, Hondapara Tree
Local name (Kannada):
Habit: Tree
Distribution:
Indo-Malesia
Use: Ornamental/ Poison
Description:
Evergreen trees, 18-25 m high; branches spreading. Leaves simple, alternate, elliptic, oblanceolate, margin serrate to dentate. Flowers 12-15 cm across, solitary, white. Petals 5, obovate or oblong, white. Stamens many, cohering slightly at base, in 2 series. Pseudocarps yellowish-green, globular with enclosed sepals, 10-12 cm across; berries 3.5 x 1.5 cm.