Aporosa fusiformis
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| Species: | A. fusiformis
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Aporosa fusiformis is a species of plant in the Phyllanthaceae family. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.
Leaves
broadly oval to rotund, acute to rounded base, rounded apex, margins often revolute, thick, coriaceous; flush purple.
Trunk
Bark - brown; twigs stout.
Flowers
yellowish; Inflorescence - spikes; trees dioecious.
Fruits
short nearly sessile clusters, spindle-shaped, capped with persistent stigma.
Ecology
montane forest subcanopy.
Source
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Aporusa fusiformis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 August 2007.