''Xylopia championii'' is a species of
plant
Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclud ...
in the
Annonaceae
The Annonaceae are a Family (biology), family of flowering plants consisting of trees, shrubs, or rarely lianas commonly known as the custard apple family or soursop family. With 108 accepted genera and about 2400 known species, it is the largest ...
family. It is endemic to the
rainforest
Rainforests are characterized by a closed and continuous tree canopy, moisture-dependent vegetation, the presence of epiphytes and lianas and the absence of wildfire. Rainforest can be classified as tropical rainforest or temperate rainfores ...
understory 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 ...
. It is known as අතු කැටිය (athu ketiya) or දත් කැටිය (dath ketiya) in
Sinhala.
References
* http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13880200801887989?journalCode=phb
* http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2468060
* http://hub.hku.hk/handle/10722/57160
* http://plants.jstor.org/specimen/k000574723
championii
Endemic flora of Sri Lanka
Vulnerable flora of Asia
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