Mangifera zeylanica
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Mangifera zeylanica is a species of plant
in the Anacardiaceae
family. It is endemic to Sri Lanka
. It is very rare and found in dry zone of Sri Lanka. It is called "etamba" in Sinhala
Plant
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...
in the Anacardiaceae
Anacardiaceae
Anacardiaceae are a family of flowering plants bearing fruits that are drupes and in some cases producing urushiol, an irritant. Anacardiaceae include numerous genera with several of economic importance. Notable plants in this family include cashew , mango, poison ivy, sumac, smoke tree, and marula...
family. It is endemic to Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
. It is very rare and found in dry zone of Sri Lanka. It is called "etamba" in Sinhala
Source
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Mangifera zeylanica. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 August 2007.