Xylocarpus
Koen.
Medium tree, grow in the inter-tidal silty
clay soil, forming well developed buttresses surrounding the trunk base
Aerial pneumatophores and root suckers
absent
Bark yellowish or whitish with thin flakes
Mature fruits hang on the mother plants
almost throughout the year
Diameter of the fruit is upto 20 cm or
slightly more, yellowish brown fruit coat, completely round with long woody
stalk.
Medium tree, grow generally on the
inter-tidal silty but consolidated clay or
on the sandy or rocky bay
Buttresses absent but well developed aerial
blunt end pneumatophores or root suckers are present
Bark reddish with thick flakes
Diameter of the fruit generally not exceeding
15 cm, greenish
Inflorescence exceeding 8 cm.
Grow generally on the sandy or rocky bay,
away from the frequent tidal inundation
Buttresses absent and no aerial root suckers
or pneumatophores
Bark longitudinally fissured
Inflorescence less than 8.o cm long
Leaflets ovate
Stigma cupular
Fruit 5 - 7 cm across.
