Schumacheria alnifolia
| Schumacheria alnifolia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | unplaced |
| Family: | Dilleniaceae |
| Genus: | Schumacheria |
| Species: | S. alnifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Schumacheria alnifolia Hook.f. & Thoms. | |
Schumacheria alnifolia is a species of plant in the Dilleniaceae family. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.
Leaves
broadly oval, lanceolate, margins serrate.
Trunk
branches stout, divaricate.
Flowers
yellow; small; Inflorescence - small, axillary panicles.
Fruits
indehiscent; seed surrounded at base by membraneous aril.
Ecology
rain forest gaps and fringes.
Source
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Schumacheria alnifolia. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 August 2007.
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