Lepisanthes senegalensis
| Lepisanthes senegalensis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Sapindaceae |
| Genus: | Lepisanthes |
| Species: | L. senegalensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Lepisanthes senegalensis (Poir.) Leenh., Blumea 17 (1969) | |
Lepisanthes senegalensis is a tree of India and Sri Lanka.
In culture
Sinhala - ගල් කුම (Gal kuma)
Leaves
Pinnate with one pair of leaflets, rachis glabrous; leaflets narrow-lanceolate, pointed base, apex tapering, entire, wavy margins.
Trunk
young parts pubescent.
Flowers
white, numerous, in clusters; I- small, terminal and axillary spreading panicles.
Fruits
ovoid, glabrous.
Site
monsoon forest subcanopy, scrub
Ecology
Wet valleys. Guangxi, Southern Yunnan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Indochinese peninsula, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka; Africa, Madagascar.
References
- "Lepisanthes senegalensis". asianplant.net. Retrieved 2014-08-18.
- "Lepisanthes senegalensis in Flora of China @ efloras.org". efloras.org. Retrieved 2014-08-18.
- "Tropicos | Name - !Lepisanthes senegalensis (Juss. ex Poir.) Leenh.". tropicos.org. Retrieved 2014-08-18.
- GBIF. "Lepisanthes senegalensis (Poir.) Leenh. - Checklist View". gbif.org. Retrieved 2014-08-18.
- "Lepisanthes senegalensis (Poir.) Leenh. — The Plant List". theplantlist.org. Retrieved 2014-08-18.
External links
- Dressler, S.; Schmidt, M. & Zizka, G. (2014). [http://www.africanplants.senckenberg.de/root/index.php?submitForm=true&page_id=77&searchTextMenue=Lepisanthes+senegalensis&filterRegionIDs[]=6&filterRegionIDs[]=1&filterRegionIDs[]=2&filterRegionIDs[]=3&filterRegionIDs[]=5 "Lepisanthes senegalensis"]. African plants – a Photo Guide. Frankfurt/Main: Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.