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Stemonoporus petiolaris is a species of flowering plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is a small tree endemic to Sri Lanka. It is known from three locations including Kitulgala and Gilimale, where it grows in lowland evergreen rain forest on well-drained deep soil. It is threatened by habitat loss from deforestation for smallholder farms. The IUCN Red List assesses the species as endangered.
The species was first described by George Henry Kendrick Thwaites in 1858.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Stemonoporus petiolaris by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
