Dandale / Warty Marble Tree
Elaeocarpus tuberculatus
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala & more
- Flowering
- December-October
How to identify Dandale
Identify Dandale 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: Warty bumpy fruit surface.
- Confirm leaf arrangement: Alternate.
- Confirm leaf type: Simple.
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Raceme.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: December-October.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Elaeocarpus tuberculatus
- Genus
- Elaeocarpus
- Family
- Elaeocarpaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Along banks of streams in evergreen and shola forests
- Distribution
- Indo-Malesia
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra
- Flowering & fruiting
- December-October
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf arrangement
- AlternaterecordedOne leaf per node, arranged in a spiral or zigzag up the stem.“Leaves are simple, alternate, and spirally arranged, clustered near the ends of twigs.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf type
- SimplerecordedA single, undivided leaf blade.“Leaves are simple, alternate, and spirally arranged, clustered near the ends of twigs.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf margin
- Toothed (serrate/dentate edge)recorded
Characters marked “recorded” are for Dandale itself; the rest are typical of the Elaeocarpaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded“Flowers are white in axillary racemes.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Flower arrangement
- RacemerecordedIndividual stalked flowers arranged along a central stem, opening from bottom to top.“Flowers are white in axillary racemes.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Fruit type
- DruperecordedA fleshy fruit with a single hard stone/pit enclosing the seed.“The fruit is a drupe, elliptic-oblong, up to 5 × 3 cm in size.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Fruit
- Drupe
Characters marked “recorded” are for Dandale itself; the rest are typical of the Elaeocarpaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Kannada
- ದಂಡಲೆ, ದಂಡೆಲೆ Dandale, dandele Mara
- Malayalam
- Badraksham, Rudraksham, Pahumban
About Dandale
Warty Marble Tree (Elaeocarpus tuberculatus) is a tree in the Elaeocarpaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and 1 other states. It grows in along banks of streams in evergreen and shola forests. Flowering and fruiting run from December to October.
Elaeocarpaceae
Olivnut Family
Dandale belongs to the Elaeocarpaceae family.
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