Doona cordifolia

Doona cordifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is a tree endemic to Sri Lanka, commonly known as red doon. It is native to southwestern Sri Lanka, where it is a canopy tree in remaining lowland humid evergreen rain forest.^[1]

Doona cordifolia
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Dipterocarpaceae
Genus:	Doona
Species:	D. cordifolia
Binomial name
Doona cordifolia Thwaites (1858)
Synonyms[2]
Caryolobis indica Gaertn. (1788) Doona nervosa Thwaites (1858) Shorea cordifolia (Thwaites) P.S.Ashton (1972 publ. 1973)