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Hunteria lanceolata
About
Hunteria zeylanica grows as either an evergreen shrub or as a tree up to 15 metres (49 ft) tall, with a trunk diameter of up to 34.5 centimetres (13.6 in). Its flowers feature a white corolla. The berries are yellow. Its habitat is forests from sea level to 350 metres (1,150 ft) altitude. The trees can withstand salinity. Local medicinal uses include for stomach-ache. Hunteria zeylanica wood is used for weapon handles and as firewood. In Africa, the plant is native to Kenya and Tanzania and in Asia it is native to China, India, Sri Lanka, Indochina and western Malesia.
- Family
- Apocynaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Hunteria lanceolata
- Slug
- hunteria-lanceolata
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Genus
- Hunteria
- Species
- lanceolata
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 28
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