Litsea gardneri

Litsea gardneri
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Magnoliids
Order: Laurales
Family: Lauraceae
Genus: Litsea
Species: L. gardneri
Binomial name
Litsea gardneri
Meissner

Litsea gardneri is a species of plant in the Lauraceae family. It is endemic to Sri Lanka. It is known as "talan - තලන්" in Sinhala.

Leaves

alternate, large, oval-oblong, acute base, obtuse apex, beneath minutely white tomentose, many arched lateral veins; flush pale violet.

Trunk

Bark - leaf-scarred, gray; young parts pubescent.

Flowers

pale yellow, few, sessile; Inflorescence - umbels, in axillary racemes shorter than leaves.

Fruits

ovoid drupe; shallowly cup-shaped perianth.

Ecology

montane and rain forest canopy;

Uses

constructions.

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