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Family: Dilleniaceae	Genus: Dillenia	Species: Dillenia indica Linn.

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Dillenia elongata Miq.	Flower Color	White
Common Name	Elephant Apple, Karambel	Flower Type	Solitary
English / Trade Name	Elephant Apple, Indian Catmon	Flowering Period	July-Sept
Vernacular /Local Name	Chalta	Fruiting Period	Oct-Dec
Altitude	Up To 800m	Fruit Type	Aggregate
Habit	Tree	Fruit Details	Flowers solitary white or creamish, about calyx 5 toothed, sepals ovate, elliptic; corolla 5 lobed, petals obovate, yellow, stamens free, numerous, about 13-15 mm long.s tyles flattened, linear lanceolate or oblanceolate. Fruits pseudocarps indehiscent, subglobose, yellowish green when ripe.
Habitat	Found in deciduous forests and cultivated in plains	Bark Type	Smooth
Distribution	India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Australasia, North America, South America	Bark Details	Reddish brown when peeled off into thin hard scales or fragile flakes reddish brown inside with fine deep red lines
Distribution in chandigarh	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	Trees about 25 m tall. Bark reddish brown, smooth, leaves oblanceolate-elliptic or narrow elliptic, base acute or cuneate, margins sub entire or serrate-dentate, apex acute. Flowers solitary white or creamish, about calyx 5 toothed, sepals ovate, elliptic; corolla 5 lobed, petals obovate, yellow, stamens free, numerous, about 13-15 mm long.s tyles flattened, linear lanceolate or oblanceolate. Fruits pseudocarps indehiscent, subglobose, yellowish green when ripe. Fruiting carpels, with 5 seeded, seeds reniform, compressed, reddish brown to black, echinate and with hairs along the margin	Leaf Details	Leaves oblanceolate-elliptic or narrow elliptic, base acute or cuneate, margins sub entire or serrate-dentate, apex acute.

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