Schleichera

There is only one species, Schleichera oleosa, a tree that occurs in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia.

It is a large deciduous (nearly evergreen) tree with a comparatively short fluted trunk and a shade spreading crown.

It is irregular or ellipsoidal in shape, slightly compressed, and has a thick brown seed coat on its surface.

This tree grows naturally from the foothills of the Himalayas and the western Deccan Plateau, east to Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia.

[9] The German-Dutch botanist Georg Eberhard Rumphius, who lived for 45 years in Ambon, called this tree Cussambium.

[10] In India it is mostly known as Kusum (कुसुम) and was one of the main trees of undisturbed forests in Madhya Pradesh and the Deccan Plateau.

Bark
Young leaves blooming in various shades of red
Flowers
Fruits
Seeds