Pterospermum xylocarpum

Syn. Velaga xylocarpa

IUCN Red List Not Evaluated (NE)

Local name

Woody-Fruit Bayur Tree (English)

Tree type

Evergreen Deciduous

Family: Malvaceae

10m

Indicated uses

Medicinal Edible Ornamental Avenue Other

Flowering & fruiting

Flowering Fruiting

Key characters

Bark

Dark brown; young branches rusty-tomentose.

Leaves

Oblong-obovate, 7–18 cm long, 4–13 cm wide, somewhat rusty below. Often toothed or lobed at the tip.

Flower

Large, 8–10 cm across, with inverted-lance-shaped white petals turning yellow on fading. Sepals are narrow, thick, greenish. Stamens are long, white.

Fruit / Seeds

Fruit is pear-shaped, 5–7.5 cm long and 2–3.6 cm wide, rusty, pointed at both ends. Woody-Fruit Bayur Tree is native to India.

Did you know?

In traditional forest communities of Peninsular India, the large, leathery leaves have reportedly been dried, crushed and smoked as a substitute for tobacco.

Distribution

India