Botanical name: Dillenia triquetra
Family: Dilleniaceae
Type of the plant: A tree
Description: Grows upto 20 m. Stems are greyish-brown, slender and smooth , marked with leaf scars. Leaves thick and dark green, 6-30 cm long and 4- 19 cm . Broad, blunt-tripped elliptic in shape. Petioles of young leaves with a pair of white green oblongs. Upper side leaves fall. Early turning brown. Mature leaf show channeled peduncle. Flowers in terminal clusters with green buds. Bloom into white flowers. Fruits are green, small and spherical in shape.
Growing Area: Along rivers and water tributaries of lowland forests
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