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Polyalthia longifolia (Sonner.) Thw.

Synonym: Uvaria longifolia Sonner.

ANNONACEAE

Local Names : അരണമരം,Cemetery tree, Mast tree, Telegraph Pole Tree.

Flowering Period : March to  August .

Distribution : Native of Sri Lanka

Uses:   Ornamental, Hedge plant, Avenue Tree, Bowl carving.

Exotic : Yes.

  

Tall trees; crown conical, grayish-brown; young branches spreading, pendulous. Leaves simple, alternate, distichous, estipulate; lamina lanceolate; margin entire, shining above and dull beneath. Flowers bisexual, green; numerous, in umbels or fascicles at the axis of fallen leaves; sepals 3; petals 6 (3+3), linear, broad at base; stamens numerous; carpels many; ovule one. Fruit aggregate of berries.

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