Schumacheria alnifolia

Schumacheria alnifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: unplaced
Family: Dilleniaceae
Genus: Schumacheria
Species: S. alnifolia
Binomial name
Schumacheria alnifolia
Hook.f. & Thoms.

Schumacheria alnifolia is a species of plant in the Dilleniaceae family. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.

Leaves

broadly oval, lanceolate, margins serrate.

Trunk

branches stout, divaricate.

Flowers

yellow; small; Inflorescence - small, axillary panicles.

Fruits

indehiscent; seed surrounded at base by membraneous aril.

Ecology

rain forest gaps and fringes.

Source


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