| Type | Indigenous |
|---|---|
| Family | Lauraceae |
| Local Name | Attuvayana |
| Habit | Medium sized tree |
| Botanical Features | Small trees. Leaves opposite to subopposite, 7-11 x1.5-3.5 cm, acuminate at apex, broadly attenuate at base, 3-ribbed, c.0.5 cm above from base. Panicles few-flowered, lax. Peduncles 3-4 cm long. Pedicels slender, 0.8-1 cm long. Flowers 0.3-0.35 cm across. Perianth lobes 6, c. 0.1 cm long. Stamens in 3 rows; first and second introrse, 3 rd extrorse, glands attached to middle of filaments. Ovary ellipsoid; stigma peltate. |