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Lepisanthes tetraphylla

Syn. Sapindus tetraphylla

IUCN Red List Least Concern (LC)

Local name

  • Wild Aphania (English)
  • Nekota (Tamil)
  • Korivi (Telugu)

Tree type

Evergreen Deciduous
Family: Sapindaceae
13m

Indicated uses

Medicinal Edible Ornamental Avenue Other

Flowering & fruiting

Flowering Fruiting

Key characters

Lepisanthes tetraphylla bark

Bark

Yellowish-brown, relatively smooth.

Lepisanthes tetraphylla leaves

Leaves

Leaves are alternately arranged, compound, with 2-5 pairs of leaflets, usually densely hairy. Leaflets are narrow-elliptic to lance-shaped.

Lepisanthes tetraphylla flower

Flower

Flowers are about 1 cm in diameter, white to pink, borne in panicles on the stem.

Lepisanthes tetraphylla fruit / seeds

Fruit / Seeds

Fruits are about 3.5 cm in diameter, greenish grey to yellow-brown, hairy drupes.

Lepisanthes tetraphylla

Did you know?

The genus name Lepisanthes derives from the Greek words “lepis” (meaning scaly) and “anthos” (meaning flower). The specific epithet tetraphylla means “four-leaved”, which is actually a bit of a taxonomic misnomer.

Distribution

World map showing distribution

S. China to Tropical Asia