Cryptocarya wightiana

Cryptocarya wightiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Magnoliids
Order: Laurales
Family: Lauraceae
Genus: Cryptocarya
Species: C. wightiana
Binomial name
Cryptocarya wightiana
Thw.
Synonyms

Cryptocarya bourdillonii Gamble.

Cryptocarya wightiana is a small tree or shrub found in Indian Subcontinent.

Leaves

alternate, oblong-oval to lanceolate, rounded to subacute base, acute apex, finely pubescent, beneath whitish, coriaceous, stiff.

Trunk

Wood - pale brown, yellow, hard, heavy; young parts rusy-pubescent.

Flowers

numerous; Inflorescence - spreading axillary, pubescent panicles, shorter than leaves.

Fruits

purplish black, globosa, smopth, shining drupe.

Ecology

rain forest subcanopy.

Uses

Wood - rafters, construction.

Culture

Known as "gulu mora" ( ගුලු මොර ) in Sinhala.

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