Bischofia javanica Blume

Deciduous trees, to 30 m high; bark pale brown, thin, scaly; blaze red, fibrous; exudation red, watery; branches spreading. Leaves 3-foliate, alternate, stipulate; stipules lateral, cauducous; rachis 7-20 cm long, stout, grooved above, glabrous; petiolule of lateral leaflets 3-20 mm long, of terminal leaflet 15-40 mm long, slender, glabrous; lamina 5.5-18 x 3-9 cm, elliptic, elliptic-ovate, ovate, obovate or orbicular, base acute or round, apex acuminate, margin serrate, glabrous, membranous; lateral nerves 6-9 pairs, slender, prominent, intercostae reticulate, faint. Flowers unisexual, green, in axillary and lateral pedunculate paniculate racemes; male flowers: 2-3 mm across; pedicels very short, slender; tepals 5, obovate, concave, imbricate, concealing the anthers; stamens 5, filaments short; anthers globular; pistillode short, broad; female flowers: 2-35 mm across; pedicels longer than in the male, stout, elongating in fruit; tepals 5, linear lanceolate; ovary superior, globose, 3-celled, exserted, ovules 2, in each cell; style 3, linear; stigmatic through out on the inner face. Fruit a berry, globose 7 mm across, reddish-brown; seeds 3, trigonus.

Habit: Tree

Maharashtra: Kolhapur, Ratnagiri Karnataka: Chikmagalur, Coorg, Hassan, Mysore, N. Kanara, S. Kanara Kerala: Idukki, Kannur, Kollam, Malapuram, Palakkad, Pathanamthitta,Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wynad Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore, Dindigul, Kanniyakumari, Namakkal, Nilgiri, Salem, Theni, Tirunelveli, Tiruvannamalai