Mammea suriga

Botanical Name – Mammea suriga

Common Name – Ceylon ironwood, Surangi

Distribution 

• It is endemic to the Western Ghats of India
        

Habitat

• Evergreen and Moist deciduous forests
  
  

Habit

• Evergreen 
•          Medium tree
  
  

Specific Properties

Ecology

•          The Adult Scarab beetles (Clinteria sp.) feed on the floral parts of Mammea suriga without damaging the host plant and helping in the cross-pollination
•          Honeybee is pollinator
  
  

Uses

•          The fruits are edible
•          The Wood are used for building purposes, planking and for mats of boats.
•          The flower buds are used for dyeing silk
•          It’s cultivated for its handsome foliage and sweet-scented flowers; planted as an avenue tree and in household gardens
•          The flowers are used in perfume
•          It’s root-paste is widely used as medicine to cure partial headache         Seed oil is used in small doses to treat urinary tract infection and pus formation

Propagation

•          Seeds