Bombu

• Common Name In Sri Lanka:

  Bombu

• Scientific Name:

  Symplocos cochinchinensis

• Other Names:

• Zone:

• Size of Tree:

  

  Small (< 5m)

• Status:

• Average Height:

  

  Up to 12 meters

• Identification

  A smooth, greenish grey trunk with slender branches. Leaves are dark green, smooth above, elliptic in shape with a tapered base and bluntly pointed apex, margin teeth-like, about 6-17 cm long and 2.5-8 cm broad. The spreading inflorescence is made up of small, white sessile flowers. The fruit is purple in colour, flask shaped, and vertically ribbed when dry. 

• Habitat

  Understory of wet lowland and montane areas up to 2100 m. 
  

• Special Notes

  Native tree.