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Guazuma ulmifolia Lam.

Synonym: Theobroma guazuma L., Guazuma tomentosa HBK, Nov.

STERCULIACEAE

Local Names : രുദ്രാക്ഷം, Bastard Cedar, Honey fruit tree, Musket tree.

Flowering Period : February to September.

Distribution : Native of Tropical America

Uses:  Fodder, Fire wood, Antidiarrheal, Kidney problem cure

Exotic : Yes.

Small or medium sized tree. Leaves lanceolate, oblong-lanceolate or ovate, obliquely cordate at base, serrulate at margin, acuminate at apex,  stellate-pubescent on both surfaces. Cymes axillary and terminal. Sepals 3-5, connate, elliptic-lanceolate or ovate, subequal, tomentose outside. Petals obovate, concave with 2 apical appendages. Staminodes are petaloid. Ovary globose, stellate-tomentose. Capsules subglobose, woody, tubercled.

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