Palaquium laevifolium
| Palaquium laevifolium | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Sapotaceae |
| Subfamily: | Sapotoideae |
| Tribe: | Sapoteae |
| Genus: | Palaquium |
| Species: | P. laevifolium |
| Binomial name | |
| Palaquium laevifolium (Thwaites) Engl. | |
Palaquium laevifolium is a species of plant in the Sapotaceae family. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.
Leaves
numerous, rather small, oblong-lanceolate, tapered ends.
Trunk
B- smooth, gray.
Flowers
brownish white, few, small, in clusters of 2-4 in leaf axils.
Fruits
oblong, sharp-pointed.
Ecology
rain forest canopy of wet zone.
Uses
Wood - construction, plywood.
Source
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Palaquium laevifolium. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 August 2007.