Herbarium JCB

Mimusops elengi L.

Family : SAPOTACEAE
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 : Bakula (San.); Bakul (Hin.); Renje mara, Pagadi mara, Baaglu mara, Renje mara (Kan.)
Collection Nos : KFP 4888, KFP 10309
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
Native : India
Comments : Flowers are fragrant both in fresh and dry conditions. The species shows variation with respect to the structure of the flower. The ovoid berries are edible.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Bangalore, Chikamagalur, Dakshina Kannada, Gulbarga, Hassan, Kodagu, Mysore, Shimoga, Udupi, Uttara Kannada, Dakshina Kannada
Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara; Gowda, 2004 - Sringeri; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Bangalore; Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi