Horsfieldia iryaghedhi

Horsfieldia iryaghedhi is a species of plant in the family Myristicaceae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.

Horsfieldia iryaghedhi

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Myristicaceae
Genus: Horsfieldia
Species:
H. iryaghedhi
Binomial name
Horsfieldia iryaghedhi
(Gaertn.) Warb.
Synonyms

Horsfieldia odorata Willd.
(type for Horsfieldia)[1][2]

Culture

Known as "ruk - රුක්" in Sinhala.

In Theravada Buddhism, this plant is said to have used as the tree for achieved enlightenment, or Bodhi by sixteenth Lord Buddha called "Piyadassi - පියදස්සි". The plant is known as කුකුධ (Kukudha) in Sanskrit.

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References

  1. "Horsfieldia odorata Willd". The Plant List; Version 1. (published on the internet). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden. 2010. Retrieved June 24, 2012. Horsfieldia odorata Willd. is a synonym of Horsfieldia iryaghedhi (Gaertn.) Warb.
  2. Horsfieldia odorata (the type species for the genus Horsfieldia) was first described and published in Species Plantarum. Editio quarta 4(2): 872. 1806. It was later made into a synonym of H. iryaghedhi, but remains the type of record for Horsfieldia. "Name - !Horsfieldia Willd". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved June 24, 2012.


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