Edge Rewrite
// HTMLRewriter · presentation

This page was redesigned at the edge.

Cloudflare fetched the original article and streamed it through HTMLRewriter to apply an entirely new visual system without rebuilding the source page.

// request.cf · coarse context

A page that knows where it met you.

Only coarse request metadata is shown. This demo does not display or persist visitor IP addresses.

Country
US
Cloudflare location
CMH
Connection
HTTP/2
Language
Not provided

Ray ID: a45148392ee2452a

Jump to content

Cryptocarya wightiana

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cryptocarya wightiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Laurales
Family: Lauraceae
Genus: Cryptocarya
Species:
C. wightiana
Binomial name
Cryptocarya wightiana
Synonyms[2]
  • Cryptocarya bourdillonii Gamble.
  • Cryptocarya floribunda Wight, nom. illeg. homonym. post.
  • Cryptocarya wightiana var. lanceolata Meisn.
  • Cryptocarya wightiana var. parvifolia Meisn.

Cryptocarya wightiana is a species of flowering plant in the family Lauraceae. It is a small tree or shrub native to southern India, Sri Lanka, the southern Andaman Islands, and Myanmar.[2]

The species was described by George Henry Kendrick Thwaites in 1861.[2]

Fruits

[edit]
Cryptocarya wightiana drupes

Purplish black, globosa, smooth, shining drupe.

Ecology

[edit]

Rain forest subcanopy.

Uses

[edit]

Wood - rafters, construction.

Culture

[edit]

Known as "gulu mora" ( ගුලු මොර ) in Sinhala.

References

[edit]
  1. ↑ de Kok, R. (2024). "Cryptocarya wightiana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2024 e.T32590A138501574. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-2.RLTS.T32590A138501574.en. Retrieved 2 March 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 "Cryptocarya wightiana Thwaites". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 4 May 2026.