Bhesa ceylanica

(Arn. ex Thwaites) Ding Hou

CentroplacaceaeFruit

Bhesa ceylanica

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit are eaten.

Where to Find It

It is a tropical plant.

Asia, Sri Lanka*,

Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, China, Georgia, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

How to Identify

A large tropical tree in the Centroplacaceae family (also sometimes classified in Celastraceae) with edible fruit.

Wikipedia

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Bhesa ceylanica is a species of plant in the family Centroplacaceae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.

Notes

Also put in the family Celastraceae.

Names & Synonyms

Kurrimia ceylanica Arn. ex Thwaites

References (1)

World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

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