Scolopia schreberi | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Salicaceae |
Genus: | Scolopia |
Species: | S. schreberi
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Binomial name | |
Scolopia schreberi |
Scolopia crassipes is a species of plant in the family Salicaceae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.
Leaves very variable, oblong-ovate, cordate to rounded base, acute to obtuse apex, margins faintly scalloped.
Bark - gray; branches slender, compound axillary spines.
White; Inflorescence - simple racemes shorter than leaves.
Bright red, fleshy, ovoid berry.
Monsoon, intermediate, and rain forest understory.
Known as කටු කුරුදු (katu kurundu) in Sinhala.
Scolopia schreberi | |
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Scientific classification
![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Salicaceae |
Genus: | Scolopia |
Species: | S. schreberi
|
Binomial name | |
Scolopia schreberi |
Scolopia crassipes is a species of plant in the family Salicaceae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.
Leaves very variable, oblong-ovate, cordate to rounded base, acute to obtuse apex, margins faintly scalloped.
Bark - gray; branches slender, compound axillary spines.
White; Inflorescence - simple racemes shorter than leaves.
Bright red, fleshy, ovoid berry.
Monsoon, intermediate, and rain forest understory.
Known as කටු කුරුදු (katu kurundu) in Sinhala.