Hydnocarpus octandra

Hydnocarpus octandra
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Achariaceae
Genus:	Hydnocarpus
Species:	H. octandra
Binomial name
Hydnocarpus octandra Thwaites

Hydnocarpus octandra is a species of plant in the Achariaceae family, but originally placed in the Flacourtiaceae family by Arthur Cronquist. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.

Leaves

oval, acute unequal base, shortly caudate, obtuse apex, glandular.

Trunk

Bark- brown; young shoots pubescent.

Flowers

greenish white. Inflorescence- axillary clusters.

Fruits

large, globose; pericarp thick, hard, tomentose berry.

Ecology

rain forest subcanopy of wet zone forests of Sri Lanka.

In culture

Known as "wal divul" in Sinhala

Sources

• World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Hydnocarpus octandra. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 August 2007.