Actinodaphne albifrons

Actinodaphne albifrons
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Magnoliids
Order:	Laurales
Family:	Lauraceae
Genus:	Actinodaphne
Species:	A. albifrons
Binomial name
Actinodaphne albifrons Kosterm.

Actinodaphne albifrons is a species of plant in the Lauraceae family. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.

Leaves

opposite or in 3's, large, elliptic, acute base, acuminate apex, 3 veins at base, 4 pairs of flush covered with long white hairs.

Trunk

Bark - thick, smooth, gray to light brown; branchlets minutely tomentose.

Flowers

Inflorescence - yellowish brown, axillary clusters, tomentose.

Fruits

ovoid drupe with shallowly cup-shaped persistent perianth.

Ecology

montane and rain forest subcanopy.

References

• World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Actinodaphne albifrons. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 August 2007.