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{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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{{taxobox
| image = A hand-book to the flora of Ceylon (Plate XLVII) (6430648379).jpg
|status = VU
|status_system = IUCN2.3
| status = VU
| status_system = IUCN2.3
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 17 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=World Conservation Monitoring Centre |date=1998 |title=''Mastixia tetrandra'' |volume=1998 |page=e.T32578A9710759 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T32578A9710759.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref>
|regnum = [[Plantae]]
| genus = Mastixia
|unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]]
| species = tetrandra
|unranked_classis = [[Eudicots]]
| authority = ([[Robert Wight|Wight]] ex [[George Henry Kendrick Thwaites|Thw.]]) [[C.B. Clarke]]
|unranked_ordo = [[Asterids]]
}}
|ordo = [[Cornales]]
|familia = [[Cornaceae]]
|genus = ''[[Mastixia]]''
|species = '''''M. tetrandra'''''
|binomial = ''Mastixia tetrandra''
|binomial_authority = ([[Robert Wight|Wight]] ex [[George Henry Kendrick Thwaites|Thw.]]) C.B. Clarke
|}}
'''''Mastixia tetrandra''''' is a species of [[plant]] in the [[Cornaceae]] family. It is [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[Sri Lanka]] where it is known as දියතලිය (diyathaliya) by local people.


'''''Mastixia tetrandra''''' is a species of [[plant]] in the [[Nyssaceae]] family. It is [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[Sri Lanka]] where it is known as දියතලිය (diyathaliya) by local people.<ref name="iucn status 17 November 2021" />
==Leaves==
oval to lanceolate, acute base, caudate, acuminate to obtuse apex, resinous odour.


==Trunk==
==References==
{{Commons category|Mastixia tetrandra}}
Bark - smooth, pale, resinous; Wood - red, heavy, splitting; twigs numerous stout, puberulous.
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==Flowers==
ovoid-oblong drupe, crowned with small calyx.

==Ecology==
rain forest subcanopy; at higher elevations, montane variety occupies forest canopy.

==Uses==
resin- incense.

==References==
* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/32578/all ''Mastixia tetrandra'']. [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 22 August 2007.


[[Category:Flora of Sri Lanka]]
[[Category:Endemic flora of Sri Lanka]]
[[Category:Mastixia]]
[[Category:Mastixia|tetrandra]]
[[Category:Vulnerable plants]]
[[Category:Vulnerable plants]]
[[Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot]]




{{Asterid-stub}}
{{Cornales-stub}}

Latest revision as of 02:28, 9 December 2023

Mastixia tetrandra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Cornales
Family: Nyssaceae
Genus: Mastixia
Species:
M. tetrandra
Binomial name
Mastixia tetrandra

Mastixia tetrandra is a species of plant in the Nyssaceae family. It is endemic to Sri Lanka where it is known as දියතලිය (diyathaliya) by local people.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Mastixia tetrandra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T32578A9710759. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T32578A9710759.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.