Herbarium JCB

Mimusops elengi L.

Family : SAPOTACEAE
(SAPODILLA FAMILY)
Family (as per The Plant List) : Sapotaceae
Species : Mimusops elengi
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Mimusops elengi L.
Common name : Indian Medlar, Bullet wood Tree
Vernacular name : Bakul, Maulsari, Malsari (Hin.); Renje mara, Pagadi mara, Baaglu mara (Kan.); Makizham, Magizhamaram (Tam.); Vakulamu, Pogada, Bogada, Pagada, Kesara (Tel.); Bakul, Baula, Baulo, Bakulo Baula, Kirakuli (Ori.); Bakula (San.)
Key identification features : A handsome evergreen tree with milky latex and tender vegetative parts covered with brown hairs. Leaves are simple, alternate, glossy-green with wavy margins. The fascicled flowers are small (1.5 cm), white and sweet-scented. Petals are many. Corollary corona with several ray-like lobes that makes the flower look very attractive. Fruit is a berry, green at first, turning red-yellow when ripe. Bark is dark grey, faintly fissured.
Habit : Tree
Flower, Fruit : March-September
Comments : On hills above 500 m, often in ravines. Often planted in plains from the coast for very fragrant flowers.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Throughout Eastern Ghats
World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Hawaii, Northern Australia, New Caledonia
Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2 ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Mimusops elengi. Downloaded on 28 September 2024.