Axinandra zeylanica

Axinandra zeylanica
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Crypteroniaceae
Genus: Axinandra
Species: A. zeylanica
Binomial name
Axinandra zeylanica
Thw.

Axinandra zeylanica is a species of plant in the Crypteroniaceae family. It is endemic to Sri Lanka, where locally known as "pol hunna - පොල් හුන්න".

Leaves

large, lanceolate-oblong, subcordate base, acuminate to acute apex, veins prominent beneath with intermarginal pair.

Trunk

Bark - smooth, pale brown; branches numerous, straight, drooping almost to base; twigs with 4 stipular wings at nodes.

Flowers

white, very small, disagreeable odour; Inflorescence - lax, slender, stalked, axillary and terminal racemes.

Fruits

blackish brown, ovoid, woody, dehiscent capsule; seeds winged.

ecology

rain forest subcanopy.

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