''Xylopia nigricans'' 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 exclu ...
in the
Annonaceae
The Annonaceae are a 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 in the Ma ...
family. It is endemic to the understory in
Sri Lanka. It is known as ''heen kenda'' (හීන් කෙන්ද) in
Sinhala. It is widely used as a medicinal plant in Sri Lanka.
References
External links
* http://jnsfsl.sljol.info/article/abstract/10.4038/jnsfsr.v38i1.1728/
* http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2468153
Flora of Sri Lanka
nigricans
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