Botanical name: Aglaia roxburghiana    Family: Meliaceae (Neem family)
Synonyms: Aglaia talbotii, Milnea roxburghiana

Indian Boodyarra is an evergreen tree found in the dense and moist forests in Western Ghats, and also in many drier parts of India. It grows up to 10 m tall, with greyish brown bark. Leaves are alternate to subopposite, 10-20 cm long, compound with 3-7 leaflets. Leaflets are opposite to subopposite, elliptic, or oblong-elliptic, 6-12 cm long, 2.5-5.5 cm wide. Roundish yellow flowers are borne in panicles, which are shorter than leaves, in the leaf axils, covered with small scales. Sepals are 5, rounded, outside rust-colored or yellowish scaly. Petals are 5, oblong, 1-1.5 mm, smooth or yellowish scaly, tip rounded. Stamen tube is nearly spherical, slightly shorter than petals, giving the flowers are ball-like appearance. Fruit is obovoid when immature, ellipsoid or nearly spherical when ripe, 1-2.2 cm across; pericarp pale brown, orange or yellow, thin and brittle when dry, densely covered on the outside with scales. Indian Boodyarra is found in India and Sri Lanka Flowering: September-December.

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