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Family: Euphorbiaceae	Genus: Trewia	Species: Trewia nudiflora Linn.

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Trevia integerrima Stokes, Trevia macrophylla Roth	Flower Color	Greenish
Common Name	Pindalu, Pindar	Flower Type	Raceme
English / Trade Name	False White Teak	Flowering Period	April-June
Vernacular /Local Name	Urikshibi	Fruiting Period	Oct-Dec
Altitude	Upto 1200 m	Fruit Type	Capsule
Habit	Tree	Fruit Details	Fruit a capsule 2-3 cm across, woody, dark brown, broadly rounded, 3-4 loculed, pericarp very thick; seeds globose, ovoid
Habitat	Along riverbanks in evergreen and semi-evergreen forests	Bark Type	Smooth
Distribution	Himalaya (Kumaun to Nepal), India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar , Indo-China, S. China, W. Malaysia.	Bark Details	Bark greyish-brown, smooth; blaze creamy yellow; young parts tomentose
Distribution in chandigarh	Chandigarh Botanical Garden and Nature Park	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Simple
		Leaf Arrangement	Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Ovate
Description of Species	Deciduous dioecious trees to 20 m, bark greyish-brown, smooth; blaze creamy yellow; young parts tomentose. Leaves simple, opposite, decussate; stipules inter petiolar, 2-3 × 1 mm, linear lanceolate; petiole 3-12 cm long, slender, glabrous, unequal at each node, lamina 6-20 × 9-15 cm, broadly ovate or deltoid base subcuneate, subtruncate, truncate, subcordate or cordate at base, apex acuminate to cuspidate or cordate-acuminate, margin entire, glabrous above, glaucous beneath, chartaceous; 3-ribbed from base, prominent, lateral nerves 3-6 pairs, prominent, intercostae scalariform, faint. Flowers unisexual, pale green; male flowers; 3-5 mm across, numerous on 10-20 cm long peduncle with abundant floral remains over the peduncle; bracts ca. 3 mm across,ovate-lanceolate, pubescent; pedicels 4-5 mm long; tepals globose, ovate, splitting into 3-4 broad, concave, often reflexed segments, 4-7 × 3-4 mm; stamens many, clustered on a convex receptacle; filaments 1.5-3 mm long, free, slender; anthers oblong; female flowers; 5-9 mm across, 4-5 on axillary racemes; pedicels 5-10 mm long, finely hairy; tepals 3-5, 4-5 mm long, broadly ovate, densely tomentose beneath, cauducous; ovary superior, 3-4 mm across, 2-4-loculed, ovule one in each cell; styles 3, 1.5-3 cm long, spreading, connate below, oblong. Fruit a capsule 2-3 cm across, woody, dark brown, broadly rounded, 3-4 loculed, pericarp very thick; seeds globose, ovoid.	Leaf Details	Leaves simple, opposite, decussate; stipules inter petiolar, 2-3 × 1 mm, linear lanceolate; petiole 3-12 cm long, slender, glabrous, unequal at each node, lamina 6-20 × 9-15 cm

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