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Mongoose Plant

Xylopia championii

Family
Annonaceae (Annon family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
Sri Lanka
Climate
wet tropical

About

Xylopia championii is a species of flowering plant in the Annonaceae family. It is a tree endemic to southwestern Sri Lanka. It is known as අතු කැටිය (athu ketiya) or දත් කැටිය (dath ketiya) in Sinhala. It is a small tree, and its flowers are pollinated by a species of Endaeus weevil. It grows in the understory of lowland rain forest.

Other Xylopia plants

Xylopia acutiflora · Ethiopian pepper · Xylopia africana · Xylopia amplexicaulis · Xylopia arenaria · Xylopia aromatica · Xylopia benthamii · Xylopia brasiliensis · Xylopia calophylla · Xylopia cuspidata · Xylopia densiflora · Xylopia discreta

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Xylopia championii 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.

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