Calophyllum bracteatum

Calophyllum bracteatum
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Calophyllaceae
Genus: Calophyllum
Species: C. bracteatum
Binomial name
Calophyllum bracteatum
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Calophyllum bracteatum is a species of flowering plant in the Calophyllaceae family. It is found only in Sri Lanka where it is known as වලු කින (walu kina) by local people.

Leaves

dimorphic; ordinary leaves oblong, long pointed apex, veins parallel, prominulous; other leaves are in 2-8 pairs in between ordinary leaves, small, overlapping; flush whitish, limp, pendulous.

Trunk

Bark - deeply fissured, yellowish stripes; Immature bark - beefy red; branches pedulous; branchlets quadrangular, densely rusty tomentose; latex resinous, whitish.

Flowers

white; Inflorescence - axillary, rusty tomentose, pendulous racemes.

Fruits

pendulous, smooth, globose drupes.

Ecology

rain forest subcanopy along stream ways and river courses of wet zone.

Uses

ornamental; Wood - heavy construction, furniture.

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