Hydnocarpus venenata

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Hydnocarpus venenata
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Achariaceae
Genus: Hydnocarpus
Species: H. venenata
Binomial name
Hydnocarpus venenata
Gaertn

Hydnocarpus venenata is a species of plant in the Achariaceae family. It is endemic to Sri lanka. It is threatened by habitat loss. This species has been included as a Mozambican species on the basis of its presence in the Preliminary Mozambican checklist. However there is no species of this name in the Sub-Saharan checklist.

Leaves

lanceolate, tapered base, subacute apex, margins serrate, pubescent on veins beneath.

Trunk

Bark- smooth, whitish; Wood- hard, yellow; young shoots pubescent.

Flowers

male flowers brownish white, solitary or in 2's, axillary, densely pubescent. Inflorescence - female small, crowded, short, axillary panicles.

Fruits

globose; tomentose berry with a blunt beak.

Ecology

Riverine forest canopy; along water courses in rain forest. Found in dry lowlands, intermediate forests and wet forests of Sri Lanka.

Uses

fruits- fish poison. seeds- medicinal.

In culture

Hydnocarpus venenata is known as "Makulu" or "Makula" in Sinhala.

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