''Palaquium thwaitesii'' 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 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 else ...
to
Sri Lanka.
Leaves
Scattered, oblong-lanceolate-linear, tapering ends, lateral veins inconspicuous.
Trunk
Young parts rusty hairy.
Flowers
Solitary or 2's in leaf axils.
Fruits
Ovoid, pointed berry.
Ecology
Rain forest understory of wet zone.
Uses
Wood - plywood.
References
thwaitesii
Endemic flora of Sri Lanka
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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