Tropicals > Schleichera > Schleichera oleosa > Schleichera oleosa
Schleichera oleosa
Ceylon Oak, Kusum, Pongro
| Family |
| Sapindaceae |
| Genus |
| Schleichera |
| Species |
| oleosa |
| Category |
| Tropicals |
| Type |
| Tree (deciduous) |
| Height |
| 20-40 m |
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Description and Growing Information
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| Pests |
| Diseases: Stem blight (Rosellinia bunodes), yellow cork rot (Polyporus weberianus), white spongy rot (Daedalea flavida and Hexagonia apiaria) and white fibrous rot (Irpex flavus). Pests: Several defoliators, borers and sap suckers cause damage. The |
| Habitat |
| Foothils of the Himalayas and the western Deccan to Sri Lanka and Indo-China. |
| Bark/Stem Description |
| Trunk fluted; bark grey, irregularly scaly; blaze pink. |
| Fruit Description |
| Fruit a broadly ovoid, ellipsoid to subglobular berry, 1-2 seeded, 2 cm x 1-2 cm, base narrowed, apex pointed, yellow, hard-crustaceous, smooth or slightly spiny. |
| Propagation |
| Natural regeneration is by seed and root suckers. Propagation is by direct sowing in thoroughly prepared soil or by stump planting. |
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