Homalium ceylanicum

Homalium ceylanicum
	Flowers of Homalium ceylanicum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Embryophytes
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Salicaceae
Genus:	Homalium
Species:	H. ceylanicum
Binomial name
	Homalium ceylanicum; (Gardner) Benth.
Synonyms
	Blackwellia ceylanica Gardner; Homalium balansae Gagnep; Homalium bhamoense Cubitt & W.W. Sm.; Homalium ceylanicum var. laoticum (Gagnep.) G.S. Fan; Homalium hainanense Gagnep.; Homalium laoticum Gagnep.; Homalium laoticum var. glabratum C.Y. Wu;

Homalium ceylanicum is a species of tree which grows up to 30 metres tall. It has buttressed roots. It is cultivated as an ornamental tree and for its wood, which can be used commercially.^[1]