''Strombosia nana'' is a tree in the family
Olacaceae
Olacaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Santalales. They are woody plants, native throughout the tropical regions of the world. , the circumscription of the family varies; some sources maintain a broad family, others split it into ...
. It is endemic to
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 ...
. Its taxonomic description is unresolved yet.
Ecology
It is found in the rain forest understory of wet zone Sri Lanka and widely found in the
Sinharaja Rainforest.
Culture
Known as "හොර කහ - hora kaha" by Sinahalese people.
References
* http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2602320
* http://plants.jstor.org/specimen/k000685103?history=true
* http://www.sinharaja.4t.com/pages/vegetation_structure.htm
Olacaceae
Flora of Sri Lanka
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