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Berrya cordifolia (Willd.) Burret

Synonym                    : Espera cordifolia Willd

Family                        : Tiliaceae

Local Names              : Trincomalee wood tree

Flowering and fruiting period: March - November

Distribution: Indo-Malesia

Habitat: Grown as ornamental tree

IUCN status: Data Deficient

Endemic: No

Uses: Timber yielding, the plant has been grown in windbreaks and shelterbelts, a fibre of low quality is obtained from the bark

Key Characters: Tree to 15 m tall. Leaves alternate, simple, ovate-oblong, cordate at base, undulate at margin, acuminate at apex, glabrous on both surfaces, stellate-pubescent when young. Flowers numerous in lax axillary and terminal panicles; buds globose. Petals oblong, obtuse, ultimately reflexed. Stamens numerous, inserted on a short receptacle. Ovary 3 loculed. Fruits are capsules, which are globose, pubescent with 6 horizontally spreading blunt thin wings; seeds with brown to yellow caducous bristles.