Fagraea ceilanica

Fagraea ceilanica
Flower
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Gentianaceae
Genus:	Fagraea
Species:	F. ceilanica
Binomial name
Fagraea ceilanica Thunb.
Synonyms
Fagraea coromandelina Wight Fagraea gardneri Thwaites Fagraea khasiana Benth. Fagraea malabarica Blume Fagraea malabarica Wight [Illegitimate] Fagraea obovata Wall. Fagraea prainii Gand. Fagraea rostrata Blume Fagraea sasakii Hayata Gardenia heteroclyta J.König ex Blume Hillia longiflora hort. ex Lem. Solandra oppositifolia Moon Willughbeia ceilanica Spreng. Willughbeia obovata Spreng. Winchia cirrhifera Gardner ex Thwaites

Fagraea ceilanica is a species of tree in the gentian family growing to a height of 10 meters. It is a strangler when young.^[1] It is grown as an ornamental tree in many places in Asia.^[2]

Fruits

References

External links

• Fagraea ceilanica. India Biodiversity.

Further reading

• Qasim, M. A., et al. (1987). A new glycosyl flavone from Fagraea obovata wall. Phytochemistry 26(10) 2871-72.

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