Knema attenuata Warb.

• Family: Myristicaceae
• Vernacular names: Chennelli, Chorapali, Chorappathiri, Chorappayin, ചെന്നെല്ലി, ചോരപ്പാലി, ചോരപ്പത്തിരി, ചോരപ്പയിൻ (Malayalam),
• Distribution: Endemic to Western Ghats
• Description: Evergreen trees, bark thick, surface greenish-black to greenish-brown. Leaves simple, alternate, distichous, estipulate. Flowers unisexual, in rusty pubescent fascicles on thick peduncle from the axils of leaves or of the scars of fallen leaves; male 1-6 flowered, female 1-3 flowered. Fruit a capsule 2-valved, ovoid, apiculate, rusty tomentose; seed one; aril brilliant crimson, laciniate at apex only.
• Habit: Tree
• Habitat: Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests
• Flowering & Fruiting: December-June

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• Parts used: Aril and kernel
• Properties & Uses: The fruits are used for the treatment of spleen and breathing disorders.
• Systems of Medicines: Folk,
• Conservation Status: Least concern.
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