About Ceylon Teak
Elaeodendron glaucum, known as නෙරලු (neralu) in Sinhala, is a species of tree in the staff vine family, Celastraceae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka, where it grows in dry forests and lowland rain forests. The species was first described as Mangifera glauca by Christen Friis Rottbøll in 1783. In 1805 Christiaan Hendrik Persoon placed the species in genus Elaeodendron as E. glaucum.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Cassine glauca
- Genus
- Cassine
- Family
- CELASTRACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Deciduous forests
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Indo-china, Thailand, Indonesia, Malay peninsula, Philippines
- Flowering & fruiting
- March-December
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Malayalam
- കരുവാളി
Botanical family
Celastraceae
Staff-Tree Family
Ceylon Teak belongs to the Celastraceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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