Pedda-chika PRODUCT NAME
Miliusa velutina Hook.f & Th. SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | Pedda-chika |
| Local Name: | Wayi/Ganpanas (Dorva); Dom-sal (Hindi): Gandha panas (Oriya); Pedda chika (Telugu). |
| Family: | Annonaceae |
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| Product Description: | Medium or large tree, usually branched low; bark gray, cracked with a dark brown blaze, young parts tomentose. Leaves alternate, broadly eliptic-ovate, 16 x 6.5cm, base rounded obtuse, apex acute, softly tomentose below, pubescent on the nerves above; petiole rusty tomentose, 0.5cm long; secondary nerves 9-10 pairs, reticulating within the margin. flowers green on very long drooping pedicels in few-flowered scorpioid cymes. Sepals lanceolate, petals ovate or orbicular ovate. Fruit of ellipsoid carpels on woody peduncles, 5-10cm long; ovules 2. |
| NTFP Classification: | Food and food ingredients (plant-derived), Feed, fodder and fuelwood |
DISTRIBUTION
| Countries Found: | India |
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USES AND PARTS USED
| Parts Used: | fruits, leaves, leaflets, trunk |
| Uses: | Fruit is edible Leaves used for fodder Wood is used to fashion agricultural implementation in construction |
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| Partners: | IUCN |
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