title: Scolopia schreberi
text: # Scolopia schreberi
  
  Scolopia crassipes is a species of plant in the family Salicaceae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.
  
  ## Description
  
  Leaves very variable, oblong-ovate, cordate to rounded base, acute to obtuse apex, margins faintly scalloped.
  
  ### Trunk
  
  Bark - gray; branches slender, compound axillary spines.
  
  ### Flowers
  
  White; Inflorescence - simple racemes shorter than leaves.
  
  ### Fruits
  
  Bright red, fleshy, ovoid berry.
  
  ## Ecology
  
  Monsoon, intermediate, and rain forest understory.
  
  ## Culture
  
  Known as ක‍ටු කුරුදු (katu kurundu) in Sinhala.
  
  