Indian Bully Tree (Xantolis tomentosa)

Indian Bully Tree, a reference photo — Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India · CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)

Xantolis tomentosa, the wooly ironwood, is a forest tree commonly found in India, Sri Lanka and a few other nearby countries.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Indian Bully Tree being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Manilkara hexandra
Pouteria lucuma
Mimusops elengi

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Ericales
Family: Sapotaceae
Genus: Xantolis
Species: Xantolis tomentosa

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