Horsfieldia iryaghedhi
| Horsfieldia iryaghedhi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Magnoliales |
| Family: | Myristicaceae |
| Genus: | Horsfieldia |
| Species: | H. iryaghedhi |
| Binomial name | |
| Horsfieldia iryaghedhi (Gaertn.) Warb. | |
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Horsfieldia iryaghedhi is a species of plant in the Myristicaceae family. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.
Culture
Known as "ruk - රුක්" in Sinhala.
In Theravada Buddhism, this plant is said to have used as the tree for achieved enlightenment, or Bodhi by sixteenth Lord Buddha called "Piyadassi - පියදස්සි". The plant is known as කුකුධ (Kukudha) in Sanskrit.
Sources
- ↑ "Horsfieldia odorata Willd.". The Plant List; Version 1. (published on the internet). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden. 2010. Retrieved June 24, 2012.
Horsfieldia odorata Willd. is a synonym of Horsfieldia iryaghedhi (Gaertn.) Warb.
- ↑ Horsfieldia odorata (the type species for the genus Horsfieldia) was first described and published in Species Plantarum. Editio quarta 4(2): 872. 1806. It was later made into a synonym of H. iryaghedhi, but remains the type of record for Horsfieldia. "Name - !Horsfieldia Willd.". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved June 24, 2012.
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Horsfieldia iryaghedhi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 August 2007.
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