Antimiriyam / Carallia
Carallia brachiata
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- October-May
How to identify Antimiriyam
Identify Antimiriyam by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a tree habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Riverine tree, not a true mangrove.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: October-May.
- In India, compare location records such as Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Rhizophoraceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Antimiriyam.
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
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, Meghalaya, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Nagaland, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Puducherry, Sikkim
- 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
About Antimiriyam
A member of the Rhizophoraceae family, Carallia (Carallia brachiata) is a tree. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and 11 other states. It grows in semi-Evergreen forests, plains and mangrove littoral. Flowering and fruiting run from October to May.
Rhizophoraceae
Mangrove Family
Antimiriyam belongs to the Rhizophoraceae family.
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