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Microtropis wallichiana

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Microtropis wallichiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Celastrales
Family: Celastraceae
Genus: Microtropis
Species:
M. wallichiana
Binomial name
Microtropis wallichiana
Synonyms

Paracelastrus wallichianus (Wight ex Thwaites) F.N.Williams[1]

Microtropis wallichiana is a species of small tree in the family Celastraceae. It is native to India and Sri Lanka. Its leaves are simple, opposite, decussate, and estipulate. The tree is about 15m high. Branchlets are yellowish in mature trees and darker in the youngest. The fruit is a capsule, 1-seeded; flowers are bisexual with 5 petals. Flowering and fruiting occur in December and January.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ "Microtropis wallichiana Wight ex Thwaites — the Plant List".
  2. ^ "Microtropis wallichiana Wight ex THW. | Species".
  3. ^ "Sri Lankan Montane Forest". biome-explorer.net. Archived from the original on 18 March 2018.
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