✿Elaeocarpaceae · Elaeocarpus
Kasa / South Indian Marble Tree
Elaeocarpus glandulosus
Also known as Jew's Plum
Treeoutdoor
- Habit
- Tree
- Flowering
- March-November
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Elaeocarpus glandulosus
- Genus
- Elaeocarpus
- Family
- Elaeocarpaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Semi-Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Flowering & fruiting
- March-November
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf margin
- Toothed (serrate/dentate edge)recorded
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kasa itself; the rest are typical of the Elaeocarpaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Fruit
- Drupe
Typical of the Elaeocarpaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Kannada
- bike, bikki, hanaltadi, hanillatade, hennalalade
- Malayalam
- kattakara, malamkara, malankara
- Marathi
- kasa
- Tamil
- malankarai
About Kasa
South Indian Marble Tree (Elaeocarpus glandulosus) is a tree in the Elaeocarpaceae family. It grows in semi-Evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from March to November.
Botanical family
Elaeocarpaceae
Olivnut Family
Kasa belongs to the Elaeocarpaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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