Hydnocarpus venenata
| Hydnocarpus venenata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Achariaceae |
| Genus: | Hydnocarpus |
| Species: | H. venenata |
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Hydnocarpus venenata Gaertn |
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Hydnocarpus venenata is a species of plant in the Achariaceae family. It is endemic to Sri Lanka. It is threatened by habitat loss. This species has been included as a Mozambican species on the basis of its presence in the Preliminary Mozambican checklist. However there is no species of this name in the Sub-Saharan checklist.
fruits- fish poison. seeds- medicinal.
Hydnocarpus venenata is known as " මකුලු ගහ (Makulu gaha)" or "මකුල (Makula)" in Sinhala.
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