About Carallia
Carallia brachiata is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhizophoraceae. This large tree grows to a height of 25 metres (82 ft) and is found from Australia, through South East Asia to the Western Ghats. It is the host plant of the moth Dysphania percota in India and Dysphania numana in Australia.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Carallia brachiata
- Genus
- Carallia
- Family
- RHIZOPHORACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Semi-Evergreen forests, plains and mangrove littoral
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Bangladesh, China, Madagascar, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia
- Flowering & fruiting
- October-May
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Local Names
- Nepali
- काठे केरा kathe kera
- Bengali
- kierpa, কিয়েরপা
- Tamil
- அந்திமிரியம் antimiriyam
- Telugu
- గిజురు చెట్టు gijuru chettu, కారల్లి kaaralli
- Kannada
- ಅಂಡಿಮುರುಗಲು andimurugalu, ಅಂಡಿಪುನಾರು andipunaru, ಅಂಡಿಪುನಾರ್
- Malayalam
- വല്ലഭം vallabham, വങ്കണ vankana, വറങ്ങ് varangu
- Marathi
- फणशी phanshi
Botanical family
Rhizophoraceae
Mangrove Family
Carallia belongs to the Rhizophoraceae family.
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