- Family : ELAEOCARPACEAE
- Family (As per The Plant List) : Elaeocarpaceae
- Species : Elaeocarpus serratus
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Elaeocarpus serratus L.
- Vernacular name : Rudraksha (San.); Beejadamara, Athakunge (Kan.)
- Collection Nos : KFP 1941, CJS 15248, CES 19
- Key identification features : A large tree with pubescent branchlets. Leaves are simple, elliptic, acute at both the ends. Margin serrate, petiole pubescent. Inflorescence is a raceme and arises in the axils of fallen leaf. Flowers are white and oriented facing downwards. Calyx ovate-lanceolate. Corolla glabrous, obovate and laciniate. Stamens many, with short filaments, anthers with tufts of stiff hairs at the apices. Fruit is a drupe, pyrenes are tuberculate.
- Habit : Tree
- Native : India, SriLanka, Bhutan, Nepal, China, Myamnar, Java, Malaysia
- Comments : Fruits are pickled and eaten
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Distribution Locality : Chikamagalur, Dakshina Kannada, Davanagere, Hassan, Kodagu, Mysore, Shimoga, Udupi, Uttara Kannada
- Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Saldanha, 1984; Gowda, 2004 - Sringeri; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere
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