Manipur Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Manipur (India)
Designed & Developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Sapotaceae | Genus: Diploknema | Species: Diploknema butyracea (Roxb.) H.J.Lam |
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| Synonym | Aesandra butyracea (Roxb.) Baehni, Bassia butyracea Roxb. | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Indian Butter Tree | Flower Type | Solitary |
| English / Trade Name | Nepali Butter Tree | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | - | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | Up to 1600 m | Fruit Type | Follicle |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit is ovoid-globose to oblong, 2-2.5 X 1-1.5 cm, smooth, tip pointed, exocarp fleshy, 1-3-seeded |
| Habitat | Occurs in tropical and moist deciduous forest | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | India, Bhutan and Nepal | Bark Details | Bark greyish brown |
| Distribution in manipur | Central, Eastern | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Ovate | ||
| Description of Species | Tree is a tree up to 25 m tall, branchlets are thick, round, channeled, and with warts, yellowish brown or brown velvety to hairless, stipules are lanceshaped, about 5 mm, brown to pale yellow pubescent, falling off early | Leaf Details | Leaves are elliptic-oblong, ovate, or ovate-oblong, 17-35 X 8-17 cm, leathery, yellowish-brown to brown velvety, base wedge- shaped, tip blunt to blunt with a narrow point |
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