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Family: Flacourtiaceae	Genus: Casearia	Species: Casearia tomentosa Roxb.

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Casearia piscidia Buch.-Ham. Ex Royle, Anavinga lanceolata Lam., Bedousia malabarica Dennst., Casearia pauciflora Royle	Flower Color	White
Common Name	Chilla	Flower Type	Cyme
English / Trade Name	Toothed Leaf Chilla	Flowering Period	April-June
Vernacular /Local Name	Chilla	Fruiting Period	July-Sept
Altitude	Upto 1000 m	Fruit Type	Capsule
Habit	Tree	Fruit Details	Fruit a capsule, 2 × 1.2 cm, greenish- yellow, oblong, ribbed
Habitat	Moist deciduous forests and forest plantations	Bark Type	Smooth
Distribution	Indo-Malaysia To Australia	Bark Details	Bark grey, thick, branchlets tomentose
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	Oblong
Description of Species	Small trees upto 7 m. Bark grey, thick, branchlets tomentose. Leaves simple, alternate. Stipules minute, scale-like, pubescent, cauducous. Petiole 5-10 mm long, pubescent. Lamina 6-15 × 3-6 cm, oblong or elliptic-lanceolate, base acute to rounded, apex acuminate, margin serrate or entire. Lateral nerves 7-10 pairs. Flowers bisexual, greenish-white, in axillary fascicles.Calyx pubescent, lobes 4, broadly elliptic.Stamens 8, alternating with staminodes tufted at their apex, forming a ring attached below to the calyx tube filaments glabrous, staminodes clavate, villous at apex.O vary ovoid, 1-celled. Style simple .S tigma subglobose. Fruit a capsule, 2 × 1.2 cm, greenish-yellow, oblong, ribbed	Leaf Details	Leaves simple, alternate. Stipules minute, scale-like, pubescent, cauducous. Petiole 5-10 mm long, pubescent. Lamina 6-15 × 3-6 cm, oblong or elliptic-lanceolate, base acute to rounded, apex acuminate, margin serrate or entire. Lateral nerves 7-10 pairs

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