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Calophyllum walkeri

Wikipedia Abstract

Calophyllum walkeri is a species of flowering plant in the Calophyllaceae family.It is found only in Sri Lanka. It is Reddish brown with dark streaks and is a strong, durable wood. It is used for beams, rafters, posts & door frames. It weighs about 46 lbs per cubic foot. It can be found in hill country in Sri Lanka. The leaves and bark have fragments. It is known as කින ( Kina ) in Sinhala.
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Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Calophyllum walkeri

Predators

Neoplatylecanium tripartitum[1]
Octaspidiotus calophylli[1]
Paralecanium mancum[1]
Semnopithecus johnii (hooded leaf monkey)[2]

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♦ 1Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 2Food Selection by the South Indian Leaf-Monkey, Presbytis johnii, in Relation to Leaf Chemistry, John F, Oates, Peter G. Waterman and Gillian M. Choo, Oecologia (Berl.) 45, 45-56 (1980)
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0