Biology:Ochna lanceolata
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
| Ochna lanceolata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Ochnaceae |
| Genus: | Ochna |
| Species: | O. lanceolata
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| Binomial name | |
| Ochna lanceolata Spreng.
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Ochna lanceolata is a species of plant in the family Ochnaceae. It is native to India and Sri Lanka.[1]
It is an 8m tall plant with greyish bark and reddish blaze. Leaves are simple, alternate; lamina narrow elliptic, elliptic-lanceolate; apex acute; base acute with serrate margin. Flowers show raceme inflorescence. Fruit is a single-seeded drupe.[2][3] The tree is known as bo kera/mal kera in Sinhala language.[4]
References
- ↑ "Ochna lanceolata Spreng.". India Biodiversity Portal. http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/16404.
- ↑ "Ochna lanceolata - OCHNACEAE". biotik.org. http://www.biotik.org/india/species/o/ochnlanc/ochnlanc_en.html.
- ↑ "Plantekey - Auroville Botanical Garden". plantekey.com. http://www.plantekey.com/plants/ochnaceae/ochna-lanceolata.
- ↑ "Ayurvedic Plants of Sri Lanka: Plants Details". instituteofayurveda.org. http://www.instituteofayurveda.org/plants/plants_detail.php?i=928&s=Family_name.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q17556575 entry
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