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Family: Sapotaceae	Genus: Manilkara	Species: Manilkara hexandra (Roxb.) Dubard

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Manilkara emarginata H.J.Lam, Mimusops hexandra Roxb., Mimusops indica A.DC.	Flower Color	White
Common Name	Kshiri, Khirni, Drirh, Khirni,Rayan	Flower Type	Solitary
English / Trade Name	Ceylon Ironwood, Milk Tree, Wedge-leaved Ape Flower	Flowering Period	Oct-Dec
Vernacular /Local Name	Kshiri, Khirni, Drirh, Khirni,Rayan	Fruiting Period	Jan-March
Altitude	Upto 900m	Fruit Type	Berry
Habit	Tree	Fruit Details	Fruit a berry, ellipsoid, 1.5 x 8 mm, reddish-yellow; seed usually one.
Habitat	Dry evergreen to dry deciduous forests	Bark Type	Fissured
Distribution	Sri Lanka, India	Bark Details	Bark blackish-grey, longitudinally fissured and cracked, rough; blaze crimson red
Distribution in chandigarh	Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary, Chandigarh Botanical Garden and Nature Park	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Simple
		Leaf Arrangement	Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Elliptic
Description of Species	Evergreen trees, to 20 m high, bark blackish-grey, longitudinally fissured and cracked, rough; blaze crimson red; exudation milky; bole straight. Leaves simple, alternate, estipulate; petiole 8-20 mm, slender, slightly grooved above, glabrous; lamina 5-10 x 3-4.5 cm, elliptic, elliptic-obovate, obovate or ovate-oblong; base acute; apex obtuse or emarginate; margin entire, glabrous, coriaceous; lateral nerves 10-20 pairs, closely pinnate, slender, midrib raised below; intercostae reticulate. Flowers bisexual, 7 mm across, white, 1 or 2 axillary; pedicel to 3.5 cm long; calyx lobes 6, in 2 series of 3 each, 2.5 x 2 mm, reflexed, ovate, subacute, rusty-tomentose outside; corolla 3 x 1.5 mm, lobes 18 in 3 series of 6 each, valvate; stamen 6-8, alternating with staminodes, bifid; staminodes shorter than stamen, filaments glabrous, lanceolate; ovary pubescent, 12-celled, superior; style 4-5 mm, subulate; stigma simple. Fruit a berry, ellipsoid, 1.5 x 8 mm, reddish-yellow; seed usually one.	Leaf Details	Leaves simple, alternate, estipulate; petiole 8-20 mm, slender, slightly grooved above, glabrous; lamina 5-10 x 3-4.5 cm, elliptic, elliptic-obovate, obovate or ovate-oblong; base acute; apex obtuse or emarginate; margin entire, glabrous, coriaceous; lateral nerves 10-20 pairs, closely pinnate, slender, midrib raised below; intercostae reticulate.

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