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''Drypetes sepiaria'' is a species of small tree in the family
The inflorescence flowers are bracteolate, axillary clusters or short racemes. The fruits are crimson in color, small sphere in shape and fusiform drupe. The mature leaves are broadly oval-oblong and base cordate to rounded in shape and glossy on the upper side. The young leaves are light green in color, turning dark green as they mature. The trunk are often gnarled, twisted or flutes, rigid, much-branched and puberulous.
It grows in monsoon forest and scrub lands.
Drypetes sepiaria (Wight & Arn.) Pax & K. Hoffm
{{Taxonbar, from=Q15375442 sepiaria Flora of India (region) Trees of Sri Lanka
Putranjivaceae
Putranjivaceae is a rosid family that is composed of 218 species in 2 genera of evergreen tropical trees that are found mainly in the Old World tropics, but with a few species in tropical America.
Members of this family have 2-ranked coriaceo ...
. This tree is very common in India
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and Sri Lanka
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. It is known by many local names, including ''vellakasavu'', ''veeramaram'' in Malayalam
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, ''vellilambu'', ''veerai'' (வீரை), ''aadumilukkan'', ''kaayalakkamaram'' in Tamil
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**Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils
**Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia
* Tamil language, nativ ...
, and ''weera'' (වීර) in Sinhala.
Description
The inflorescence flowers are bracteolate, axillary clusters or short racemes. The fruits are crimson in color, small sphere in shape and fusiform drupe. The mature leaves are broadly oval-oblong and base cordate to rounded in shape and glossy on the upper side. The young leaves are light green in color, turning dark green as they mature. The trunk are often gnarled, twisted or flutes, rigid, much-branched and puberulous.
It grows in monsoon forest and scrub lands.
Uses
The tree has edible tropical fruit. Its trunk uses in fence and other mature branch and fence use as firewood.References
External links
Drypetes sepiaria (Wight & Arn.) Pax & K. Hoffm
{{Taxonbar, from=Q15375442 sepiaria Flora of India (region) Trees of Sri Lanka