Elaeocarpus tuberculatus

Elaeocarpus tuberculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Oxalidales
Family:	Elaeocarpaceae
Genus:	Elaeocarpus
Species:	E. tuberculatus
Binomial name
Elaeocarpus tuberculatus Roxb.
Synonyms [1]
Monocera tuberculata (Roxb.) Wight & Arn

Elaeocarpus tuberculatus, the warty marble tree, is a species of flowering plant in the family Elaeocarpaceae and is native to Andaman Island., Bangladesh, India, Java, and Myanmar. ^[1]

Description

It is a tall tree with buttresses. The bark is smooth and mottled in shades of grey and white. ^[2] Leaves are simple, alternate, and spirally arranged, clustered near the ends of twigs. ^[3] Flowers are white in axillary racemes. The fruit is a drupe, elliptic-oblong, up to 5 × 3 cm in size. Seeds are solitary, compressed, and deeply tuberculate. ^{[4] [5]}

References

1. "Elaeocarpus tuberculatus". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
2. Roxburgh, William. Flora Indica; or Descriptions of Indian Plants. Vol. 2. Serampore: Mission Press, 1832. p. 594.
3. Gamble, J. S. Flora of the Presidency of Madras. Vol. 1. Reprinted edition. Calcutta: Botanical Survey of India, 1997. p. 124.
4. Sasidharan, N. Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala: Part 6 – Flowering Plants. Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi, 2004. p. 65.
5. Saldanha, Cecil J. Flora of Karnataka. Vol. 1. New Delhi: Oxford & IBH Publishing Co., 1996. p. 214.