Microtropis wallichiana is a species of small tree in the family Celastraceae. It is native to India and Sri Lanka. Its leaves are simple, opposite, decussate, and estipulate. The tree is about 15m high. Branchlets are yellowish in mature trees and darker in the youngest. The fruit is a capsule, 1-seeded; flowers are bisexual with 5 petals. Flowering and fruiting occur in December and January.[2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Celastrales |
| Family: | Celastraceae |
| Genus: | Microtropis |
| Species: | M. wallichiana
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| Binomial name | |
| Microtropis wallichiana | |
| Synonyms | |
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Paracelastrus wallichianus (Wight ex Thwaites) F.N.Williams[1] | |
References
edit- ^ "Microtropis wallichiana Wight ex Thwaites — the Plant List".
- ^ "Microtropis wallichiana Wight ex THW. | Species".
- ^ "Sri Lankan Montane Forest". biome-explorer.net. Archived from the original on 18 March 2018.
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