Dillenia indica L.

 
  • Family : DILLENIACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Dilleniaceae
  • Species : Dillenia indica
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Dillenia indica L.
  • Common name : Elephant Apple
  • Vernacular name : Bhavaya (San.); Betta kanigala, Kalthega (Kan.)
  • Key identification features : An elegant, medium-sized tree. Leaves are broad and long with many lateral veins and regularly toothed margin. Its large white flowers, upto 12 cm across, are very beautiful. The cricket ball-sized fruits mature slowly and detach from the tree only after the next flowering season. Bark is smooth, cinnamon-brown and peeling.
  • Habit : Tree
  • Native : India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia
  • Comments : Linnaeus wrote "Dillenia has of all plants the showiest flower and fruit". Sometimes cultivated as an ornamental tree.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Belgaum, Kodagu, Shimoga, Dakshina Kannada
  • Floras referred : Saldanha, 1984; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara

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