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Stemonoporus rigidus
About
Stemonoporus rigidus is a species of flowering plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is a tree which grows up to 15 metres tall that is endemic central Sri Lanka. It is native to submontane evergreen rain forest between 1000 and 1200 metres elevation in Kandy, Nuwara Eliya, and Ratnagiri districts. It is threatened by overharvesting for timber and by habitat loss from deforestation for smallholder farms. The IUCN Red List assesses the species as endangered.
- Family
- Dipterocarpaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Stemonoporus rigidus
- Slug
- stemonoporus-rigidus
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Dipterocarpaceae
- Genus
- Stemonoporus
- Species
- rigidus
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 28
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