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Family: Sapotaceae	Genus: Manilkara	Species: Manilkara hexandra (Roxb.) Dubard ( खिरनी )

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Manilkara emarginata H.J.Lam, Mimusops hexandra Roxb., Mimusops indica A.DC.	Flower Color	White
Common Name	Kshiri, Khirni, Drirh, Khirni,Rayan	Flower Type	Solitary
English / Trade Name	Ceylon Ironwood, Milk Tree, Wedge-leaved Ape Flower	Flowering Period	Oct-Dec
Vernacular /Local Name	Khirni	Fruiting Period	Jan-March
Altitude	Upto 900m	Fruit Type	Berry
Habit	Tree	Fruit Details	Fruit a berry, ellipsoid, 1.5 x 8 mm, reddish-yellow; seed usually one.
Habitat	Dry Evergreen to Dry Deciduous Forests	Bark Type	Fissured
Distribution	Sri Lanka, India	Bark Details	Bark blackish-grey, longitudinally fissured and cracked, rough; blaze crimson red
Distribution in Haryana	Morni-Pinjore	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Simple
		Leaf Arrangement	Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Elliptic
Description of Species	EEvergreen trees upto 20 m high, bark blackish-grey, longitudinally fissured and cracked, rough; blaze crimson red; exudation milky; bole straight. Leaves simple, alternate, estipulate; petiole slender, slightly grooved above, glabrous; leaf-lamina elliptic, elliptic-obovate, obovate or ovate-oblong; base acute; apex obtuse or emarginate; margin entire, glabrous. Flowers bisexual, white, 1 or 2 axillary; pedicelate; calyx lobes 6, in 2 series of 3 each, reflexed, ovate, subacute, rusty-tomentose outside; corolla; lobes 18 in 3 series of 6 each, valvate; stamen 6-8, alternating with staminodes, bifid; staminodes shorter than stamen, Fruit a berry, ellipsoid, reddish-yellow; seed usually one.	Leaf Details	Leaves simple, alternate, estipulate; petiole 8-20 mm, slender, slightly grooved above, glabrous; lamina 5-10 x 3-4.5 cm, elliptic, elliptic-obovate, obovate or ovate-oblong; base acute; apex obtuse or emarginate; margin entire, glabrous, coriaceous; lateral nerves 10-20 pairs, closely pinnate, slender, midrib raised below; intercostae reticulate.

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