''Helicia excelsa'' is a plant in the family
Proteaceae
The Proteaceae form a family of flowering plants predominantly distributed in the Southern Hemisphere. The family comprises 83 genera with about 1,660 known species. Together with the Platanaceae and Nelumbonaceae, they make up the order Pro ...
. It grows as a tree up to tall, with a trunk diameter of up to . The bark is dark grey to blackish.
Inflorescences bear up to three reddish brown flowers. Fruit is black, ellipsoid, up to long. The
specific epithet
In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...
''excelsa'' is from the
Latin meaning 'lofty', referring to the tree's growth. Habitat is forests from sea level to altitude. ''H. excelsa'' is found in
Bangladesh,
Burma,
Thailand,
Malaysia and
Indonesia.
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References
excelsa
Plants described in 1834
Trees of Bangladesh
Trees of Myanmar
Trees of Thailand
Trees of Peninsular Malaysia
Trees of Sumatra
Trees of Borneo
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