Common name: Kurpa • Marathi: Kurpa • Tamil: Nekota, Karadipongan, Masamathi • Telugu: Korivi, Boddamaamidi, Ekkudubusi, konda kumkudu • Kannada: Kurpah, Mool-taga, Kaluvette, Kadupe
Botanical name: Lepisanthes tetraphylla Family: Sapindaceae (Soapberry family)
Synonyms: Sapindus tetraphylla, Otophora spectabilis, Lepisanthes eriolepis
Kurpa is a forest tree growing up to 13 m tall. Stipules are absent. Leaves
are alternately arranged, compound, with 2-5 pairs of leaflets, usually
densely hairy. Leaflets are narrow-elliptic to lance-shaped. Flowers are
about 1 cm in diameter, white to pink, borne in panicles on the stem.
Fruits are about 3.5 cm in diameter, yellow-brown-
pinkish, hairy drupes. The wood is used for furniture and carving.
Identification credit: Pravin Kawale
| Photographed at Alibag, Maharashtra. |
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