Otonephelium

Description

Otonephelium stipulaceum is species of flowering plant in the family Sapindaceae, and the sole species in genus Otonephelium. It is a tree native to the Western Ghats of southwestern India. The genus is closely related to Litchi and Dimocarpus. It is a large mid-canopy tree up to 25 metres tall, which grows in low and medium-elevation rain forests from 400 to 1,200 metres elevation. It is locally abundant and often associated with Vateria indica, Turpinia malabarica, Melicope lunu-ankenda, and Poeciloneuron indicum.