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Woolly Miliusa
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Woolly Miliusa
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Common name: Woolly Miliusa • Gujarati: ઉંભ Umbh, ઉંભો Umbho, ઉંફ Umph • Hindi: हूम Hoom, करी Kari • Kannada: ಕರಿ ಹೆಸರೆ Kari Hesare, ಕಾಲಾದ್ರಿ Kaalaadri, ವುಂಬೆ Wumb • Konkani: हूम Hoom, व्हूंब Vhumb • Malayalam: കൈതമാവ് Kaithamaavu, കാനക്കൈത Kanakkaita, തവിടി Thavidi • Marathi: हुम्ब Humb, थोस्का Thoska • Odia: ଗନ୍ଧପଳାଶ Gandhapalash, ଗନ୍ଧଶାଳିଆ Gandhasalia • Rajasthani: करी अम्बिया Kari Ambiya • Tamil: பெரியவாய் Periyavaay • Telugu: బర్రె దూడుగ Barre Duduga, బుడ్డ దూడుగ Budda Duduga, గాడిద లొట్ట Gadida Lotta, పెద్ద చిలకదూడుగ Pedda Chiluka Duduga Source: Names of Plants in India
Botanical name: Miliusa tomentosa    Family: Annonaceae (Sugar-apple family)
Synonyms: Uvaria tomentosa, Saccopetalum tomentosum
Woolly Miliusa is a large deciduous tree, growing up to 20 m tall. Bark is blackish brown. Leaves are thick leathery, ovate, oblong, 4-10 cm long, 2-5.5 cm broad, smooth above, softly hairy below, base rounded, margin entire, tip pointed, leaf-stalk 2-5 mm. Flowers are greenish, 1.5 cm across, solitary or in pairs opposite the leaf. Sepals are about 4 mm long, linear-lanceshaped. Petals are 3+3, abount 6 mm long, outer petals sepal-like, inner ones oblong to obovate. Fruits are dark purple, nearly spherical, 8-17 arranged in a ring, 2-3 cm across, stalk 1-1.5 cm long, seeds 3-4. Woolly Miliusa is found in Rajasthan, Bihar, Odisha, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Nepal and Srilanka. Flowering: May-June.
Identification credit: Radha Veach, Gurumurthi Hegde Photographed at Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, Maharashtra.
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