''Chionanthus albidiflorus'' (syn. ''Linociera albidiflora'' (Thwaites) C.B.Clarke) is a species of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

in the family

Oleaceae Oleaceae, also known as the olive family or sometimes the lilac family, is a taxonomic family of flowering shrubs, trees, and a few lianas in the order Lamiales. It presently comprises 28 genera, one of which is recently extinct.Peter S. Gree ...

. It is

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Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...

. It is sometimes treated in the segregate genus ''Linociera'', though this does not differ from ''Chionanthus'' in any character other than leaf persistence, not a taxonomically significant character.Flora of China
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Culture

Known as "ඇබුල් හොර කහ - ambul hora kaha" in Sinhala.

References

albidiflorus Flora of Sri Lanka Critically endangered plants Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN {{Oleaceae-stub