✿Clusiaceae · Calophyllum
Bobbi / Konkan Beauty Leaf Tree
Calophyllum apetalum
Treeoutdoor
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka
- Flowering
- December
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Calophyllum apetalum
- Genus
- Calophyllum
- Family
- Clusiaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Along river banks in semi-Evergreen forests
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka
- Flowering & fruiting
- December
- Conservation status
- VU
Leaf characters
- Leaf arrangement
- OppositerecordedTwo leaves arise from the stem at the same point, facing each other.“Its leaves are simple, opposite, and glossy above, typically obovate to inverted-lanceolate in shape.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf type
- SimplerecordedA single, undivided leaf blade.“Its leaves are simple, opposite, and glossy above, typically obovate to inverted-lanceolate in shape.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf shape
- LanceolaterecordedLong and narrow, tapering to a point, like a lance head.“Its leaves are simple, opposite, and glossy above, typically obovate to inverted-lanceolate in shape.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Bobbi itself; the rest are typical of the Clusiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
- Flower arrangement
- PaniclerecordedA branching cluster of clusters.“The tree produces white flowers in panicles, with bisexual characteristics.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Fruit type
- DruperecordedA fleshy fruit with a single hard stone/pit enclosing the seed.“Stamens are numerous and free, while the drupe is yellowish-brown, ovoid to ellipsoid, and about 1.5 cm long, containing a single seed.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Bobbi itself; the rest are typical of the Clusiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- Bobbi
- Kannada
- ಇರೈ Irai, ಬೊಬ್ಬೆ Bobbe, ಬೊಬ್ಬಿ Bobbi
- Malayalam
- Attupunna, Cherupunna, Manja punna
- Marathi
- Bobbi, Irai, Lahan-undi
About Bobbi
A member of the Clusiaceae family, Konkan Beauty Leaf Tree (Calophyllum apetalum) is a tree. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka. It grows in along river banks in semi-Evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from December.
Botanical family
Clusiaceae
Mangosteen/Garcinia family
Bobbi belongs to the Clusiaceae family.
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