Common sinhala name: Wal Del Type : Live Plant Size : 8"-12" Inches
The grayish-brown trunk exudes a white sap when injured. The heavy crown consists of large, stiff, dark green ornamental leaves. The leaf bud is enclosed within an elongated whitish stipple. The leaves of saplings are lobed and hairy. Mature trees leaves are broadly ovate in shape with a tapered base and pointed apex, scalloped and slightly curved up at the margin, about 14-32 cm long and 8-23 cm broad. Fleshy, erect, rod like inflorescence are seen at the leaf nodes, turning into a fruit composed of multiple segments enclosed within persistent bracts. Seeds are edible.
