Miliusa tomentosa

• Botanical Name : Miliusa tomentosa (Roxb.) Fenet & Gangnepain.
• Synonyms : Uvaria tomentosa Roxb., Saccopetalum tomentosum Hk. F. & Th.
• Common Name : Hoom, Umbh, Umbho
• Plant Family : Annonaceae
• Plant Form : Tree
• Occurrence (Special Areas) : Indroda Park

About Miliusa tomentosa Plant :

• Habit : A tall tree with dark blackish-brown, deep, longitudinally fissured bark.
• Leaves : Alternate, ovate-oblong, glabrous, petiolate, young leaves glossy, turn glabrous and rough on maturity.
• Flowers :
  • Flowers greenish on slender pedicels, solitary or in pairs opposite the leaf.
  • Sepals linear-lanceolate.
  • Petals 6, in two whorls of 3 each, outer sepaloid, inner oblong-obovate.
• Fruits : Dark purple, sub-globose, tomentose, stipitate.
• Flowering and Fruiting Time : March  - June
• Significance :
  • The wood is used for rafters.
  • Berries are edible.