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Cryptocarya wightiana is a small tree or shrub found in Indian Subcontinent.
Fruits
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Cryptocarya_wightiana_277425446.jpg/220px-Cryptocarya_wightiana_277425446.jpg)
Purplish black, globosa, smooth, shining drupe.
Ecology
Rain forest subcanopy.
Uses
Wood - rafters, construction.
Culture
Known as "gulu mora" ( ගුලු මොර ) in Sinhala.
References
- http://www.biotik.org/india/species/c/crypwigh/crypwigh_en.html
- http://lauraceae.myspecies.info/category/lauraceae/lauraceae/cryptocarya/cryptocarya-wightiana-griffithii
- http://iucnredlist.org/details/32590/0
- http://nopr.niscair.res.in/bitstream/123456789/24293/1/IJCB%2040B(12)%201287-1288.pdf
- http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/9845
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