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 Antidesma montanum Blume

Synonym	:	Antidesma menasu Kurz
Family	:	EUPHORBIACEAE
Local name	:	Malayalam- . Putharaval
Flowering and fruiting period	:	January-December
Distribution	:	Indo-Malesia and East Himalayas
Distribution in kerala	:	All Districts
Habitat	:	Evergreen and shola forests, also in sacred groves.
Uses	:	Fruits are
Keybotanical Charcters                              : Tree is a tree about 10 m tallm with thin flaky bark in old trees. Branchlets are cylindrical, velvety. Alternately arranged leaves, 8-22 x 2.5-7.7 cm, are usually oblong to elliptic or oblanceolate, tip gradually pointed with a sharp point.