''Chionanthus zeylanicus'' is a species of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of ...

in the family

Oleaceae Oleaceae, also known as the olive 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. Green. 2004. "Oleaceae". pages ...

. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found els ...

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

. Some state that it can also found in Southern India, but it is not accepted yet.

Trunk

Bark - white or gray, smooth.

Culture

Known as "ගෙරි ඇට - geri eta" in Sinhala, and as "kattimuruchan" in Tamil.

References

* http://www.biotik.org/india/species/c/chiozeyl/chiozeyl_en.html * http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/9090 Flora of Sri Lanka zeylanicus {{Oleaceae-stub