''Holarrhena mitis'' is a small, fragrant-flowered tree in the family

Apocynaceae Apocynaceae (from ''Apocynum'', Greek for "dog-away") is a family of flowering plants that includes trees, shrubs, herbs, stem succulents, and vines, commonly known as the dogbane family, because some taxa were used as dog poison Members of the ...

. It is found in

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 ...

at elevations below . It has smooth, white bark and soft, fine-grained, yellow-white wood. The wood and bark have been used to treat fevers and dysentery. Common names include ''kiri-mawara'' or ''kiri-walla'' in Sinhala and ''kuluppalai'' in

Tamil Tamil may refer to: * Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia **Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils **Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia * Tamil language, nativ ...

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Trees of Sri Lanka mitis Endemic flora of Sri Lanka {{Apocynaceae-stub