Palaquium canaliculatum
Palaquium canaliculatum | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Sapotaceae |
Subfamily: | Sapotoideae |
Tribe: | Sapoteae |
Genus: | Palaquium |
Species: | P. canaliculatum |
Binomial name | |
Palaquium canaliculatum (Thwaites) Engl. | |
Palaquium canaliculatum is a species of plant in the Sapotaceae family. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.
Leaves
scattered, large, oblong-oval, rounded to pointed ends.
Trunk
Bark - reddish gray.
Flowers
white, solitary or in clusters of 2-6 in leaf axils; pedicels slender, densely pubescent.
Fruits
ovoid berry.
Ecology
rain forest canopy of wet zone.
Uses
Wood - construction, plywood.
Source
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Palaquium canaliculatum. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 August 2007.