Trincomalee Wood Tree
Berrya cordifolia
Also known as Halmilla Tree
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- West Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Maharashtra
- Flowering
- November-June
How to identify Trincomalee Wood Tree
Identify Trincomalee Wood Tree by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a tree habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Valuable timber tree (Trincomalee wood).
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- Confirm fruit type: Berry.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: November-June.
- In India, compare location records such as West Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Maharashtra.
- Confirm it sits within the Tiliaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Trincomalee Wood Tree.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Berrya cordifolia
- Genus
- Berrya
- Family
- Tiliaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Grown as ornamental tree
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Native to
- India, Sri Lanka
- Distribution
- India, Andaman Islands (India), Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia
- Found in India
- West Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Maharashtra
- Flowering & fruiting
- November-June
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Tiliaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
- Fruit type
- BerryrecordedA fleshy fruit with seeds embedded directly in the pulp, no central stone.“Berrya cordifolia, the Trincomalee wood, is a species of tree native to much of tropical Asia and introduced to Africa.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Trincomalee Wood Tree itself; the rest are typical of the Tiliaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Tamil
- சவண்டலை
About Trincomalee Wood Tree
Trincomalee Wood tree (Berrya cordifolia) belongs to the Tiliaceae family, where it grows as a tree. In India it has been recorded in West Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Maharashtra. It is grown as ornamental tree. Flowering and fruiting run from November to June.
Tiliaceae
Lime tree/Jute family
Trincomalee Wood Tree belongs to the Tiliaceae family.
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