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'''Bhavya''' , Elephant apple is a very ornamental evergreen tree with a rounded crown and large corrugated leaves that can grow up to 30 metres tall, though is usually smaller. The bole can be 120cm in diameter, often branching from low down. The plant provides an edible fruit, polish, soap and medicines for the local people.

{{Uses|Cough}}, {{Uses|Pulp used as shampoo}}, {{Uses|Bad breath}}, {{Uses|Improves digestion}}, {{Uses|Goo for scalp}}<ref name="UsesKarnataka Medicinal Plants"/>

{{Parts Used|Fruits}}<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants"/>

{{Common names|kn=bettakanagaluBettakanagalu, kal Kal tega, naaythaekuNaaythaeku|ml=punnaPunna, syalitaSyalita, valappunnaValappunna, valapunnaValapunna, vazchapunnaiVazchapunnai|sa=bhavyaBhavya, bhavyamBhavyam, ruvyaRuvya, picchila Picchila beeja|ta=uvattekuUvatteku, uvavUvav, kattaraliKattarali, kurukatiKurukati|te=kalingaKalinga, muchiruMuchiru, peda Peda kalinga, revadi Revadi chettu, uppu Uppu ponna, uva|hi=chaltaChalta, girnarGirnar|en=Elephant apple}}<ref name="Common names"/>

{{Leaf|Simple|alternateAlternate|Petiole 15-75 mm long, stout, sheathing, winged, tomentose, grooved above; lamina 18.5-30 × 5-10 cm, elliptic, oblanceolate, elliptic-oblanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, base cuneate, acute or attenuate, apex acute or acuminate, margin serrate to dentate, glabrous above, strigose or pubescent beneath; lateral nerves many, parallel, prominent, intercostae scalariform, faint.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>

{{Flower|Bisexual|Terminal|White||12-15 cm across, solitary, white, terminal; pedicel 4-8 cm long, silky hairy; bracts to 5 mm long, solitary, median on pedicels, lanceolate; sepals 5, 4-6 × 3-5 cm, obovate, orbicular or elliptic, thick, fleshy; petals 5, 7-9 × 5-6 cm, obovate or oblong, white, veins green; stamens many, cohering slightly at base, in 2 series, outer 13-15 mm long, inner ones 20-22 mm long, inner ones arching over the short outer ones; carpels 14-20, cohering at the axis, ovules many; styles free, 18-25 mm long, flattened, oblanceolate . Flowering from June to linear-lanceolate, spreading, white. Pseudocarps yellowish-green, globular with enclosed sepals, 10-12 cm across. November}}

{{Fruit|aggregate Aggregate of berries|3.5 × 1.5 cm||Globular, covered by overlapping circular scales|seeds Seeds 5, 6×4 mm, reniform, compressed, reddish, echinate with hairy margins.|Fruiting from January to March}}

 ===Season to grow=== ===Soil type===  ===Propagation===Can be easily grown from seeds, but seeds have a short viability.

File:Dillenia indica (2478651756).jpg|NutsFile:Dillenia indica (4592088972).jpg|BarkFile:Dillenia indica - Elephant Apple at Kakkayam dam (8).jpg|LeavesFile:Flower48.jpg|FlowerFile:Elephant Apple - മലമ്പുന്ന 01.JPG|Whole treeFile:Makok724.jpg|Fruits

* [https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/indian-medicinal-plants/d/doc213964.htmlDillenia indica on wisdomlib.org] * [http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Dillenia+indicaDillenia indica on theferns.info]

[[Category:TreeDilleniaceae]] [[Category:Ayurvedic herbs that don't have seed photos]]