Botanical Name - Polyalthia cerasoides

----- P. cerasoides, Benth, and Honk, fil ; F.B.I. I-63. Brandi's Ind. Trees, 14. Gamble's Ind. Timbers, 17. Vern. Chilka-dudi, Tella-chilkadudi, Tel.

----- A middle-sized deciduous tree; branchlets, tomentose. Leaves distichous 3-8 in. by 1-2 in., membranous, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous above, pale and more or less tomentose beneath. Flowers 1/2 in. diam., green, on tomentose pedicels shorteer than leaf; bracts 1 or 2, small or large, ovate; Sepals less than 1/2 length of petals, ovate, membranous. Petals 1/4 in. long, equal. Ripe carpels numerous, red, 1/4 in. diam., on slender stalks, twice their length or longer.

----- Wood olive grey, moderately hard, close grained. Found in most forests of the Telangana districts. Wood used for house-posts and carpentry. Weight about 52 lbs. per c. ft. Flowers in April. The tree possesses the power of reproduction by root-suckers.