Horsfieldia_iryaghedhi

<i>Horsfieldia iryaghedhi</i>

Horsfieldia iryaghedhi

Species of flowering plant


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

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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 buddha called "Piyadassi - පියදස්සි". The plant is known as කුකුධ (Kukudha) in Sanskrit.


References

  1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Horsfieldia iryaghedhi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T33525A9790189. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T33525A9790189.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. "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.
  3. 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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