Chopar Chilla / Velvety Miliusa
Miliusa velutina
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Assam, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh & more
- Flowering
- February-October
How to identify Chopar Chilla
Identify Chopar Chilla 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: Velvety leaf undersides.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow-green.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: February-October.
- In India, compare location records such as Assam, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Annonaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Chopar Chilla.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Miliusa velutina
- Genus
- Miliusa
- Family
- Annonaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Dry and moist deciduous forests and Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, Pakistan, Nepal, Malaysia, China
- Found in India
- Assam, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- February-October
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Annonaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellow-greenrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Solitary
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Chopar Chilla itself; the rest are typical of the Annonaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- chopar chilla, dom-sal, domsal
- Telugu
- nalla dadduga, nalla dudduga, nalladaduga
- Kannada
- anachae, ance, anchae
- Malayalam
- kanakaitha, kanakayitha, kanakkaita
About Chopar Chilla
Velvety Miliusa (Miliusa velutina) is a tree in the Annonaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Assam, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and 7 other states. It grows in dry and moist deciduous forests and Evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from February to October.
Annonaceae
Custard apple family
Chopar Chilla belongs to the Annonaceae family.
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