Miliusa tomentosa

Syn. Uvaria tomentosa

IUCN Red List Least Concern (LC)

Local name

Evergreen Deciduous

Family: Annonaceae

20m

Medicinal Edible Ornamental Avenue Other

Flowering Fruiting

Bark grey to dark brown, rough, shallowly fissured; inner bark yellowish.

Simple, alternate, oblong to elliptic leaves; upper surface dark green and glabrous, lower surface distinctly velvety/tomentose (key feature).

Solitary or in small clusters; petals yellowish to pale green; inner petals slightly hairy; flowering generally from February to May.

Clustered berries (aggregate fruit), globose; green when unripe turning dark purplish-black when mature. 1–2 seeds per berry, brown and smooth.

Its leaves are noticeably soft or woolly beneath, a useful field character reflected in its common name, woolly miliusa.

Indian Subcontinent