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Xylopia nigricans Hook.f. & Thomson
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Previous name used in the website: Xylopia nigricans
Family name: ANNONACEAE
English name: Available soon
Sinhala name: Heen kenda (හීන් කැන්ද )
Tamil name: See Vindai
Sanskrit name: Available soon
Conservation status: NT - Near Threatened - NRL - 2020
Description: A tree up to 18 m tall. Leaf blade 3 - 10 cm long, 2 - 4 cm wide, elliptical, acute at base, gradually or rather abruptly acuminate at apex; without pellucid points, minutely puberulous on the lower surface when young, glabrate with age. Flowers 2 - 5 in sessile or very short-peduncled cymes, the peduncle up to 1 mm long. Fruitlets 1 - 5, green, dehiscent and curling back exposing the red endocarp. Seeds 6 - 10, blue.
Native Distribution Status: Endemic
Edible parts: Available soon
Treatment for: Available soon
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