✿Sapotaceae · Manilkara
Drirh / Obtuse-Leaved Mimusops
Manilkara hexandra
Also known as The Caylon Iron Wood
Tree
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra & more
- Flowering
- September-July
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Manilkara hexandra
- Genus
- Manilkara
- Family
- Sapotaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Dry deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Siam, Indo-China, Hainan
- Found in India
- Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Assam, Haryana, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-July
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
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 Drirh 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
- Hindi
- दृढ़ Drirh, खिरनी Khirni, क्षीरी Kshiri, Khir
- Bengali
- Krikhiyur, খিরনি
- Tamil
- உலக்கைப்பாலை Ulakkai-p-palai, பாலை
- Telugu
- అంకాలు Ankalu, నందివృక్షము Nandivriqshamu, పాలచెట్టు Palachettu
- Kannada
- Bakula
- Malayalam
- കൃണി Krini, പഴമുന്പാല Pazhamunpaala, Krini
- Marathi
- करणी Karani, खिरणी Khirni, राजण Rajana, Rajana
- Sanskrit
- Kshirini
- Gujarati
- Khirni
- Sinhala
- Paloo-gass, rayan
About Drirh
A member of the Sapotaceae family, Obtuse-leaved mimusops (Manilkara hexandra) is a tree. In India it has been recorded in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and 10 other states. It grows in dry deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from September to July.
Botanical family
Sapotaceae
Sapodilla/Chicle family
Drirh belongs to the Sapotaceae family.
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