Cryptocarya wightiana

Species of flowering plant

Cryptocarya wightiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Laurales
Family: Lauraceae
Genus: Cryptocarya
Species:
C. wightiana
Binomial name
Cryptocarya wightiana
Synonyms
  • Cryptocarya bourdillonii Gamble.
  • Cryptocarya floribunda Wight [Illegitimate]
  • Cryptocarya wightiana var. lanceolata Meisn.
  • Cryptocarya wightiana var. parvifolia Meisn.[1]

Cryptocarya wightiana is a small tree or shrub found in Indian Subcontinent.

Fruits

Cryptocarya wightiana drupes

Purplish black, globosa, smooth, shining drupe.

Ecology

Rain forest subcanopy.

Uses

Wood - rafters, construction.

Culture

Known as "gulu mora" ( ගුලු මොර ) in Sinhala.

References

  1. ^ "Cryptocarya wightiana Thwaites — the Plant List".
  • http://www.biotik.org/india/species/c/crypwigh/crypwigh_en.html
  • http://lauraceae.myspecies.info/category/lauraceae/lauraceae/cryptocarya/cryptocarya-wightiana-griffithii
  • http://iucnredlist.org/details/32590/0
  • http://nopr.niscair.res.in/bitstream/123456789/24293/1/IJCB%2040B(12)%201287-1288.pdf
  • http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/9845
Taxon identifiers
Cryptocarya wightiana
  • Wikidata: Q15607821
  • CoL: ZVNC
  • GBIF: 4180909
  • iNaturalist: 191119
  • IPNI: 464177-1
  • IUCN: 32590
  • Open Tree of Life: 6026137
  • Plant List: kew-2746292
  • POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:464177-1
  • Tropicos: 17800774
  • WFO: wfo-0000628262