Careya arborea Roxb.

 
  • Family : LECYTHIDACEAE
    (BRAZIL NUT FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Lecythidaceae
  • Species : Careya arborea
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Careya arborea Roxb.
  • Common name : Ceylon Oak Tree, Wild Guava, Kumbi Tree
  • Vernacular name : Kumbi (Hin.); Daddala mara, Kavalu mara (Kan.); Peythantri, Kolamavu, Peithaandri, Aymaa (Tam.); Kumbhi, Budda budwa, Guda-dhermi, Dudippa, Gadava, Budadhermi (Tel.); Kumbhi (Ori.); Kumbhi (San.)
  • Key identification features : A small deciduous tree with exfoliating bark. Leaves are simple, obovate and up to 30cm long, 15 cm broad with crenate-dentate margin. Inflorescence is a few flowered spike. Flowers are yellowish-white. Stamens are many and filaments are subulate. Disk central and intra-staminal, ovary inferior. Fruit is a globose berry.
  • Habit : Tree
  • Flower, Fruit : March-August
  • Comments : Occasional in hills up to 1200 m. A fire resistant species and a good coppicer.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Bellary district (Karnataka State); Nallamalai Hills (Kurnool district), Maredumilli Hills (East Godavari district), Srikakulam district, Tirumala Hills (Chittoor district), West Godavari district, Prakasham district (Andhra Pradesh State); Mehbubnagar district (Telangana State); Sambalpur district, Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district) (Odisha State)
  • World Distribution : Tropical Asia
  • Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Careya arborea. Downloaded on 29 June 2024.

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