''Chionanthus albidiflorus'' (syn. ''Linociera albidiflora'' (Thwaites) C.B.Clarke) is a species of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

in the family

Oleaceae Oleaceae, also known as the olive family, is a taxonomic family of flowering shrubs, trees, and a few lianas in the order Lamiales, It presently comprises 28 genera, one of which is recently extinct.Peter S. Green. 2004. "Oleaceae". pages 296-30 ...

. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

. It is sometimes treated in the segregate genus ''Linociera'', though this does not differ from ''Chionanthus'' in any character other than leaf persistence, not a taxonomically significant character.Flora of China
''Chionanthus''
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Culture

Known as "ඇබුල් හොර කහ - ambul hora kaha" in Sinhala.

References

albidiflorus Flora of Sri Lanka Critically endangered plants Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN {{Oleaceae-stub