Wild Star Apple
Chrysophyllum roxburghii
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Kerala, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh & more
- Flowering
- April-November
How to identify Wild Star Apple
Identify Wild Star Apple 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: Wild relative of star apple.
- Confirm leaf shape: Elliptic (widest at middle).
- Confirm leaf surface: Tomentose (woolly, matted hairs).
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: April-November.
- In India, compare location records such as Kerala, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu.
- Confirm it sits within the Sapotaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Wild Star Apple.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Chrysophyllum roxburghii
- Genus
- Chrysophyllum
- Family
- Sapotaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- Indo-Malaysia
- Distribution
- India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, China, Hainan, Malay Peninsula, Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea, Solomon Islands
- Found in India
- Kerala, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- April-November
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Elliptic (widest at middle)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Tomentose (woolly, matted hairs)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Wild Star Apple itself; the rest are typical of the Sapotaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Typical of the Sapotaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- പുളിച്ചക്ക
About Wild Star Apple
Wild Star Apple (Chrysophyllum roxburghii) belongs to the Sapotaceae family, where it grows as a tree. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and 1 other states. It grows in evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from April to November.
Sapotaceae
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Wild Star Apple belongs to the Sapotaceae family.
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