''Xylopia nigricans'' is a species of
plant
Plants are the eukaryotes that form the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae; they are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic. This means that they obtain their energy from sunlight, using chloroplasts derived from endosymbiosis with c ...
in the
Annonaceae
The Annonaceae are a Family (biology), family of flowering plants consisting of trees, shrubs, or rarely lianas commonly known as the custard apple family or soursop family. With 108 accepted genera and about 2400 known species, it is the largest ...
family. It is endemic to the understory 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, ...
. It is known as ''heen kenda'' (හීන් කෙන්ද) in
Sinhala. It is widely used as a medicinal plant in Sri Lanka.
References
External links
* http://jnsfsl.sljol.info/article/abstract/10.4038/jnsfsr.v38i1.1728/
* http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2468153
Flora of Sri Lanka
nigricans
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