Velmediya

• Common Name In Sri Lanka:

  Velmediya

• Scientific Name:

  Aporusa lanceolata

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• Average Height:

  

  Up to 8 meters

• Identification

  A deciduous tree with slender branches. Leaves are pale yellow green,5.5-13.5 cm long and 1.5-5 cm broad, lanceolate in shape with an elongated and pointed apex. Inflorescences with small yellow flowers arise at the nodes of leaves. Fruits are small, globular and edible

• Habitat

  Forest understory - up to 900 m

• Special Notes

  An endemic tree.