Mastixia tetrandra

Mastixia tetrandra
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Cornales
Family: Cornaceae
Genus: Mastixia
Species: M. tetrandra
Binomial name
Mastixia tetrandra
(Wight ex Thw.) C.B. Clarke

Mastixia tetrandra is a species of plant in the Cornaceae family. It is endemic to Sri Lanka where it is known as දියතලිය (diyathaliya) by local people.

Leaves

oval to lanceolate, acute base, caudate, acuminate to obtuse apex, resinous odour.

Trunk

Bark - smooth, pale, resinous; Wood - red, heavy, splitting; twigs numerous stout, puberulous.

Flowers

ovoid-oblong drupe, crowned with small calyx.

Ecology

rain forest subcanopy; at higher elevations, montane variety occupies forest canopy.

Uses

resin- incense.

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