Crudia zeylanica
Encyclopedia
Crudia zeylanica was a species of legume in the Fabaceae
family.
It was found only in Sri Lanka
.
Fabaceae
The Fabaceae or Leguminosae, commonly known as the legume, pea, or bean family, is a large and economically important family of flowering plants. The group is the third largest land plant family, behind only the Orchidaceae and Asteraceae, with 730 genera and over 19,400 species...
family.
It was found only in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
.
Sources
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Crudia zeylanica. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.