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Cullenia zeylanica

Synonyms: Cullenia ceylanica (homotypic); Cullenia excelsa; Durio ceylanicus (homotypic); Durio zeylanicus; Durio zibethinus

Wikipedia Abstract

The Ceylon durian (Durio ceylanicus) is a species of flowering plant in the Malvaceae family. It is found only in Sri Lanka.The Ceylon durian, a large prickly fruit, is inedible and does not stink.
View Wikipedia Record: Cullenia zeylanica

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Cullenia zeylanica

Predators

Cynopterus sphinx (greater short-nosed fruit bat)[1]
Funambulus layardi (Layard's palm squirrel)[1]
Ratufa macroura (Sri Lankan giant squirrel)[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1IDENTIFYING DIURNAL AND NOCTURNAL FRUGIVORES IN THE TERRESTRIAL AND ARBOREAL LAYERS OF A TROPICAL RAIN FOREST IN SRI LANKA, Palitha Jayasekara, Udayani Rose Weerasinghe, Siril Wijesundara & Seiki Takatsuki, ECOTROPICA 13: 7–15, 2007
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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