''Holarrhena mitis'' is a small, fragrant-flowered tree in the family
Apocynaceae
Apocynaceae (, from '' Apocynum'', Greek for "dog-away") is a family of flowering plants that includes trees, shrubs, herbs, stem succulents, and vines, commonly known as the dogbane family, because some taxa were used as dog poison. Notable mem ...
. It is found in
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, ...
at elevations below . It has smooth, white bark and soft, fine-grained, yellow-white wood.
The wood and bark have been used to treat fevers and dysentery.
Common names include ''kiri-mawara'' or ''kiri-walla'' in
Sinhala and ''kuluppalai'' in
Tamil
Tamil may refer to:
People, culture and language
* Tamils, an ethno-linguistic group native to India, Sri Lanka, and some other parts of Asia
**Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka
** Myanmar or Burmese Tamils, Tamil people of Ind ...
.
References
Trees of Sri Lanka
mitis Mitis may refer to:
* La Mitis, a Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada
* Mitis River, a river in Matapedia Valley, Quebec, Canada
* Mitis Lake, a lake of the Zec de la Rivière-Mitis
Zec or ZEC may refer to:
* Zcash, a cryptocurrenc ...
Endemic flora of Sri Lanka
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