Hydnocarpus octandra

Hydnocarpus octandra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Achariaceae
Genus: Hydnocarpus
Species: H. octandra
Binomial name
Hydnocarpus octandra
Thwaites

Hydnocarpus octandra is a species of plant in the Achariaceae family, but originally placed in the Flacourtiaceae family by Arthur Cronquist. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.

In culture

Known as "wal divul" in Sinhala

References

  1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Hydnocarpus octandra. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 August 2007.
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