How to identify Madhuca bourdillonii
Identify Madhuca bourdillonii 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.
- Confirm leaf shape: Obovate (egg-shaped, broad at tip).
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: November-July.
- Confirm it sits within the Sapotaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Madhuca bourdillonii.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Madhuca bourdillonii
- Genus
- Madhuca
- Family
- Sapotaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Semi-Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India
- Flowering & fruiting
- November-July
- Conservation status
- Endangered (EN)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Obovate (egg-shaped, broad at tip)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Madhuca bourdillonii 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
- Tamil
- மதுகா போர்டில்லோனி
- Malayalam
- തണ്ടിടിയൻ, Madhuca bourdillonii
About Madhuca bourdillonii
A member of the Sapotaceae family, Madhuca bourdillonii is a tree. It is native to India. It grows in semi-Evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from November to July.
Sapotaceae
Sapodilla/Chicle family
Madhuca bourdillonii belongs to the Sapotaceae family.
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