Trees up to 8 m tall;
trunk fluted;
bark smooth, thin, grey;
Leaves with one or two pairs of leaflets.
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Sinhala; Sinhalese |
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Trees up to 8 m tall;
trunk fluted;
bark smooth, thin, grey;
Leaves with one or two pairs of leaflets.
Attributions | Prosperi J., Ramesh B.R., Grard P., Jayatissa L.P., Aravajy S. & Depommier D. 2005. Mangroves v1.0. A Multimedia Identification System of Mangroves Species. IFP – CIRAD, Pondichéry, Pondy CD N°3. – CDRom. www.ifpindia.org/Mangroves/ |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Habit: Trees up to 8 m tall.
Trunk & bark: Trunk fluted; bark smooth, thin, grey.
Leaves: Leaves compound, alternate, paripinnate with 2 pairs of leaflets, upper pair larger than lower; leaflets obliquely oblong to obovate oblong, apex obtuse or retuse, base asymmetrically acute, 6-9 x 2-4 cm, glabrous, nitid on both surfaces; petiole and petiolule pulvinus. Small bud scales.
Inflorescences or flowers: Inflorescence corymbiform pseudoracemes. Flowers small, zygomorphic, bisexual, white but turning brown; calyx with 4-5 sepals; petals 5, free; stamens 10, filaments slender, ovary inserted, asymmetrically elliptical, style slender, stigma capitate.
Fruits; Fruits ellipsoid, compressed, 3-2 cm, strongly rugose with lateral beak extending to about 6 mm long, crispate pubescent.
Seeds /seedling: Seed one without endosperm.
Attributions | Prosperi J., Ramesh B.R., Grard P., Jayatissa L.P., Aravajy S. & Depommier D. 2005. Mangroves v1.0. A Multimedia Identification System of Mangroves Species. IFP – CIRAD, Pondichéry, Pondy CD N°3. – CDRom. www.ifpindia.org/Mangroves/ |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
As a back mangrove in coastal forests. Seed distributed by water currents. Germination epigeal.
Attributions | Prosperi J., Ramesh B.R., Grard P., Jayatissa L.P., Aravajy S. & Depommier D. 2005. Mangroves v1.0. A Multimedia Identification System of Mangroves Species. IFP – CIRAD, Pondichéry, Pondy CD N°3. – CDRom. www.ifpindia.org/Mangroves/ |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, and northeastern Australia.
Attributions | Prosperi J., Ramesh B.R., Grard P., Jayatissa L.P., Aravajy S. & Depommier D. 2005. Mangroves v1.0. A Multimedia Identification System of Mangroves Species. IFP – CIRAD, Pondichéry, Pondy CD N°3. – CDRom. www.ifpindia.org/Mangroves/ |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Least concern
Attributions | Prosperi J., Ramesh B.R., Grard P., Jayatissa L.P., Aravajy S. & Depommier D. 2005. Mangroves v1.0. A Multimedia Identification System of Mangroves Species. IFP – CIRAD, Pondichéry, Pondy CD N°3. – CDRom. www.ifpindia.org/Mangroves/ |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Magnoliopsida |
Order | Fabales |
Family | Fabaceae |
Genus | Cynometra |
Species | Cynometra iripa Kostel. |