''Palaquium canaliculatum'' is a species of flowering plant in the family

Sapotaceae 240px, '' Madhuca longifolia'' var. ''latifolia'' in Narsapur, Medak district, India The Sapotaceae are a family (biology), family of flowering plants belonging to the order (biology), order Ericales. The family includes about 800 species of ev ...

. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

to Sri Lanka. It is a rare species known from only eight locations in evergreen forest habitat.

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Endemic flora of Sri Lanka canaliculatum Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Sapotaceae-stub