| Cullenia exarillata | |
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| Cullenia exarillata tree | |
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| Cullenia exarillata fruiting branch | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Genus: | Cullenia |
| Species: | C. exarillata
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| Binomial name | |
| Cullenia exarillata | |
| Synonyms | |
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C. excelsa, Durio ceylanicus, Durio exarillatus Wight[1] | |
Cullenia exarillata (Tamil Name: வெடிப்பலா,[2] Kadar (Anamalai hills) Name: முள்ளாலி,[3] Muthuvan (Anamalai hills) Name: காரானி) is a flowering plant evergreen tree species in the family Malvaceae endemic to the rainforests of the southern Western Ghats in India. It is one of the characteristic trees of the mid-elevation tropical wet evergreen rainforests and an important food plant for the endemic primate, the lion-tailed macaque.[4]
- ^ Wight, Robert (1852). Icones plantarum Indiae Orientalis :or figures of Indian plants. Volume 5. p. 23.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
:8was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ மாதுரி ரமேஷ்; மனிஷ் சாண்டி; மேத்யு ஃபரேம் (2017). நாங்கள் நடந்து அறிந்த காடு [Walking is a way of knowing In a Kadar Forest] (in Tamil). India: Tara Books Pvt. Ltd., India. ISBN 978-93-83145-92-8.
- ^ Kumar, A. (1987) The ecology and population dynamics of the lion-tailed macaque (Macaca silenus) in South India. PhD thesis, Cambridge University, UK.