Trees & Plants

Alexandrian laurel

Funa of

Calophyllum inophyllum L.

Common in most of the islands A multipurpose tree. The wood which is hard and strong is used in construction and boat building. Neoflavonoid, a medicianally important polyphenolic compound was first isolated from the seeds of this tree. The oil extracted from the seeds is widely

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uses: A multipurpose tree. The wood which is hard and strong is used in construction and boat building. Neoflavonoid, a medicianally important polyphenolic compound was first isolated from the seeds of this tree. The oil extracted from the seeds is widely used as biodiesel. The seed oil is also anti- inflammatory, anti-cancerous, skin tonic, vulnerary and a deodorant. a c ©
family: Clusiaceae
synonym: Calophyllum bingator Roxb., Calophyllum blumei Wight
description: Trees, to 20 m tall; bark blackish-brown, deeply fissured and cracked; exudate milky-yellow. Leaves simple, fi × opposite, 6-15 3-10.5 cm, broadly elliptic- Th oblong, base cuneate to rounded, apex rounded or retuse, slightly recurved, lateral nerves many, parallel, close, slender; petiole 10-30 mm. Racemes axillary, 5-12 cm long, 5-12 flowered. Flowers 2-2.5 cm across, white, fragrant; bracts ovate, caducous. Sepals 4, reflexed, petaloid, nerved. Petals usually 4, rarely 3 or 5, obovate to elliptic, reflexed, nerved. Stamens many, filaments connate into 4-6 bundles, cream coloured. Fruit a × drupe, globose to obovoid, 2.5-5 2.5-4 cm, smooth; stone subglobose, to 2 cm across.
native range: Tropical Asia and the Pacific L.
distribution: Widely distributed and cultivated throughout the tropics from West Africa to the Pacific Islands.
english names: Alexandrian laurel · Beauty leaf · Dilo oil tree · Indian laurel · Oil-nut Tree. is
flowering fruiting: December – August
occurrence maldives: Common in most of the islands