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Myristica dactyloides Gaertner (MYRISTICACEAE) Common namesKannada: Kaadu jayikai.Malayalam: Pattha pam.Tamil: Kathu jathikai. Description: Evergreen trees, up to 30 m tall; bark blackish green. Leaves alternate, elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, 16-27 x 5-10 cm, acute or rounded at base, blunty acute at apex, coriaceous, glaucous beneath; petioles 2-4 cm long; nerves 12-17 pairs. Flowers unisexual, in short…

Myristica fatua Houtt. var. magnifica (Beddome) Sincl.(MYRISTICACEAE) Description: Lofty trees, up to 30 m tall, trunk when young furnished with large aerial roots from the trunk. Leaves oblong to oblong-elliptic, 25 – 60 x 7.5-20 cm, rounded at base, acute to acuminate at apex, silvery beneath. Flowers in clusters, small, dioecious, ovoid, up to 2…

Murraya koenigii (L.) Sprengel (RUTACEAE) Common namesKannada: Kari bevu.Malayalam: Kurri veppilla.Sanskrit: Surabhininiba.Tamil: Kari vempu, Karuveppilai.Telugu: Kari pakku. Description: Large shrubs or small trees, up to 6 m tall; bark green or greyish. Leaves alternate, imparipinnate, up to 50 cm long; petioles and rachises densely white-pubescent; leaflets alternate, 15-27, asymmetric, ovate to lanceolate, 2-8 x 1-3…

Moullava spicata (Dalz.) Nicolson (CAESALPINIACEAE) Common namesKannada: Gajjiga balli. Description: Robust woody climbers with scattered, recurved prickles. Leaves bipinnate, rachis 20-35 cm long; pinnae 4-6 pairs, 7-13 cm long; leaflets 5-7 pairs, oblong, ca 4 x 2 cm, rounded to slightly cordate at base, subacute or rounded at apex. Flowers in 35 – 50 cm…

Morinda citrifolia L. (RUBIACEAE) Common namesKannada: Maddi, Paavate, Tagachae.Malayalam: Katta-pitalavam, Mannanatti.Sanskrit: Ashyka.Tamil: Minaamaram, Manjanatti.Telugu: Maddi, Togaru. Description: Small trees, up to 6 m tall with greyish bark; branchlets terete. Leaves opposite, elliptic, 10-12 x 7-12 cm, acuminate or obtuse at base, acute at apex, bright green, glabrous, shining; main nerves 8-10 pairs; petioles ca 1.5…

Mimusops elengi L. (SAPOTACEAE) Common namesKannada: Bakula, Renje.Tulu: Renje.Malayalam: Elengi, Ilanni.Sanskrit: Bakula.Tamil: Magilan, Ilanji.Telugu: Pagada, Vakulamu. Description: Large evergreen trees, 20-30 m tall with smooth scaly bark. Leaves alternate, elliptic, elliptic-oblong, 5-12 x 3-6 cm, acute or rounded at base, shortly acuminate at apex, glabrous; petioles 1-2.5 cm long. Flowers solitary or in axillary clusters,…

Mitragyna tubulosa (Arn.) Havil. (RUBIACEAE) Common nameMalayalam: Malan thumba. Description: Deciduous trees, up to 15 m tall. Leaves opposite, elliptic-oblong or ovate-lanceolate, 5-12 x 2-4 cm long, cordate at base, acuminate at apex, pubescent beneath; main nerves 10-12 pairs; petioles ca 2.5 cm long; stipules large, obovate. Flowers in globose axillary and terminal heads, purple.…

Mesua ferrea L. (GUTTIFERAE) Common namesKannada: Nagasampige, Nagakesara.Malayalam: Nanga, Peri.Sanskrit: Bhujangakhya, Kanchana, Kesara.English: Indian Rose chestnut. Description: Evergreen trees, up to 30 m tall; often buttressed at base; bark smooth, ash-colored, grey, turning dark brown, exfoliating in large, white flakes. Leaves opposite, decussate, very variable, linear –lanceolate, oblong-lanceolate, lanceolate or elliptic-oblong, 6-15 x 2-4 cm,…

Memecylon malabaricum (C. B. Clarke.) Cogn. (MELASTOMATACEAE) Common namesKannada: Dodda nekkare.Tulu: Olle kodi.Tamil: Malamthetti, Perungaca. Description: The trees can reach heights of up to 15 meters. The leaves are arranged oppositely, ovate-oblong, with dimensions of up to 10 x 5 cm. They are semi-amplexicaul or subcordate at the base and acute or subobtuse at the…