''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 {{Annonaceae-stub