Meiogyne pannosa (Dalz.) Sinclair. (ANNONACEAE)
Common names
Kannada: Kudubondo
Description: Trees, 5-9 m tall; young parts puberulous. Leaves lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate; up to 16 x 4 cm, rounded or acute at base, acuminate at apex, pellucid-punctate; pubescent on nerves beneath. Flowers axillary or extra-axillary, often on old wood, solitary, straw-coloured. Sepals 3, ovate, acute, pubescent outside. Petals 6 in 2 series, oblong – lanceolate, densely brown, velvety tomentose, inner petals shorter and narrower. There are numerous stamens with thick, truncate anther connectives. The carpels range from 10 to 12 and are oblong, with a capitate stigma. The fruitlets are ovoid, measuring 1-2.5 cm in length, and are covered in tomentose. Shiny seeds are present, numbering from 1 to 3.
Flowering: January – May.
Fruiting: October – December
Distribution: India – In evergreen forests of Western Ghats, Maharashtra, Karnataka Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Endemic.