Actinodaphne molochina

Actinodaphne molochina
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Magnoliids
Order: Laurales
Family: Lauraceae
Genus: Actinodaphne
Species: A. molochina
Binomial name
Actinodaphne molochina
Nees.

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

Leaves

4-6 in a whorl, variable, usually small, broadly obovate-oval, acute ends, beneath rufous tomentose, stiff, lateral veins arched.

Trunk

Bark - whitish; branchlets stout; young parts rufous tomentose.

Flowers

brownish yellow; Inflorescence - small, axillary clusters or umbels.

Fruits

globose, pointed drupe; persistent perianth.

Ecology

montane forest subcanopy.

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