This species is listed as vulnerable under the Tasmanian Threatened Species Protection Act (at Dec 2013). The white corolla is only present on the younger and lower two flowers. The upper flowers have shed their seed.
Family: LoganiaceaeDistribution: Common in dry deciduous forests in India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and China.5-8m tll deciduous trees. Stem bark ash colored, smooth.Leaves 5-8x3-5cm orbicular-ovate, coriaceous, base attenuate, entire, 3 nerves prominenet.Flowers 2-2.5 cm long, 5-8mm across, greenish yellow or greenish white,in short axillary cymes. Berries 3-5 cm across, pericarp thick, hard,orrange when ripe,pulp white, seeds 2 ashy-grey, compressed.Stem bark is used as fish poison, seeds are used in ulcers, dysentry and fevers. Fruit is poisonous.Photographed at Eastern ghats of Nellore district.Ref: Flora of Presidency of Madras, by J.S.Gamble.
