Litsea longifolia (Nees) Alston

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
From THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL HERBARIUM
Sl-3198f
3-7-79
PLANTS of Ceylon
Litsea longifolia det. Kostermans
Locality Mid slopes of Alagala Mt.
Occurrence Rare in scrubby forest in mixture
of thicket and second growth woods on steep
slope.
Date October 15, 1978	Alt.	2650'
Coll. F.R. Fosberg	No.	57857
Remarks Small tree, 4 m tall, conspicuously
cauliflorous, dense tufts of flowers on
trunk, flowers 3~5 in involucre, inferior
ovary or hypanthium red.
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