Bike / South Indian Marble Tree
Elaeocarpus variabilis
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra & more
- Flowering
- May-October
How to identify Bike
Identify Bike 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: Variable leaf shape across individuals.
- Confirm leaf margin: Entire (smooth edge).
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: May-October.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Gujarat and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Elaeocarpaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Bike.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Elaeocarpus variabilis
- Genus
- Elaeocarpus
- Family
- Elaeocarpaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous and Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Kerala
- Flowering & fruiting
- May-October
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf margin
- Entire (smooth edge)recorded
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Bike 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
- Malayalam
- kattakara, malamkara, malankara
- Marathi
- kasa
About Bike
A member of the Elaeocarpaceae family, South Indian Marble Tree (Elaeocarpus variabilis) is a tree. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra and 2 other states. It grows in moist deciduous and Evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from May to October.
Elaeocarpaceae
Olivnut Family
Bike belongs to the Elaeocarpaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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